Eisenhower's Testerones level
It was fighting for democracy and against communism.
US citizen's who wanted to stop communism were FOR fighting against communism.
The US got involved in the Vietnam was because they were trying to sweep out communism across the globe. In the war, the US supported South Vietnam because they were fighting against communist North Vietnam.
The French were fighting in Vietnam in 1950 not the US.
No, fighting has never occurred in the U.S. Not against any foreign enemies. There were several clashes between war protesters against government troops and police.
America fought against North Vietnam, in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat its invasion and conquest of South Vietnam.
Communism is when the government makes your decisions for you such as when you get food. Vietnam is a communist country. That is how the Vietnam war occurred, the us was fighting against North Vietnam to end the idea of communism.
The United States where fighting the North Vietnamese Army to deter communism in South Vietnam. The Chinese also were a part of the conflict however not so much as a direct entity as a funding source for the NVA.
South Vietnam
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.
The United States didn't fight against South Vietnam in fact they were allies fighting against North Vietnam.
The US wanted N. Vietnam to stop fighting in S. Vietnam.