One was the My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968, and the subsequent trial of the US soldiers involved. In an effort to reduce guerrilla activity, US forces were destroying villages that supported the Viet Cong, and in several cases were involved in the deliberate killings of non-combatant civilians, including children.
All were officially neutral.
Between 1962 and 1972 about 50,000 Australian servicemen and women served in Vietnam.
he was the prime minister of Australia and he sent the troops to Vietnam
The North Vietnam army was invading South Vietnam and Sv asked the US for help in repeling the Communist invasion.
It was the only role. Otherwise the US would have stayed out of it.
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Reunification.
They withdrew from South Vietnam in defeat.
All were officially neutral.
Ultimately those protests caused the end of the military draft and the legal adult age to be lowered from age 21 to 18.
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
How did the role the American media played in the Vietnam War.
Australia sent one squadron of Centurion tanks and infantry and artillerymen to South Vietnam.
Between 1962 and 1972 about 50,000 Australian servicemen and women served in Vietnam.
he was the prime minister of Australia and he sent the troops to Vietnam
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