0
What else can I help you with?
Currency in Vietnam during the war?
The South Viets used Piasters. GIs used MPC (Military Payment Certificates).
What is in naplam?
Known to GIs in Vietnam as jellied gasoline.
What music movies and other forms of entertainment were popular with the GIs stationed in Vietnam and was there a difference between GIs in Vietnam and people on the home front?
hahahahah tell me this is for mrs. Dampf
How was it for the Vietmanese in the Vietnam war?
Which one? The North was getting bombed into a lunar landscape and the South had GIs all over it. So which Vietnamese are you asking about?
How did America get out of the Vietnam war?
Amongst GIs, we declared victory and left.
Is there surfing in Vietnam?
During the war, GIs surfed (waves were not that big).
What happened to the us at the end of the Vietnam war?
Nothing out of the ordinary, life went on as usual (which was "part" of the problem for returning GIs from the war..."some" people back home in the US acted as if nothing happened over there (in Vietnam).
What is the label used for a soldier who died fighting Vietnam?
NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and VC (Viet Cong) were known as "Reds" or "Commies" to GIs.
What president during the Vietnam era was considered a hawk?
Tricky Dick, as known to the American people; B52 Nixon as known to the GIs in Vietnam.
Who declared victory of the Vietnam war?
The USA, under President Gerald R. Ford, finally gave up on the incompetent and corrupt government of South Vietnam in 1975, and North Vietnam quickly and easily defeated South Vietnam in a few months.
Why were Vietnamese called gooks?
One GI in Vietnam stated that it was a corrupt pronunciation of the Korean word for "foreigner", and GIs had been called that term during the Korean War...so GIs adopted the usage.
Did the US win or lose the Vietnam War at home?
Best answer: didn't win "Many" returning GIs had two wars to fight; one in Vietnam against the NVA/VC, the other in the United States against his fellow countrymen. Bullets were used against the NVA/VC in Vietnam; fighting words and fists were sometimes used against our fellow countrymen in the US.
