there is still over 2,000 troops still left behind
we got our asses kicked by the vietnamese and we left the war feeling like pussies
North Vietnam took over South Vietnam shortly after we left and Vietnam became Communist, and still is today!
He ordered an airlift of about 300,000 Vietnamese refugees into the United States
Naval units from North Vietnam & US clashed, leading to war between the two nations.
America spent $150 Billion USD on the war. 58 000 US soldiers died, an estimated 3.8 million Vietnamese people died, some innocent victims to a war that was not their own. Babies are being born in Vietnam due to the terrible chemicals Agent Orange and Napalm bombs, a detriment to Vietnamese society. Vietnam has been left with a raped and pillaged landscape, with flooding and erosion huge problems for the Vietnamese farmers (the trees are struggling to regrow back from the chemicals and the biodiversity in Vietnam is struggling with little habitat for the animals.) These are just a few of the lasting and short term results of the Vietnam War, a war that should be remembered for America's mindless escalation of the war and the inhumane treatment of the Vietnamese civilians.
Historians estimate approximately one million Vietnamese refugees left Vietnam.
Communist North Vietnam verses the Republic of South Vietnam.
France. They left Vietnam after they were defeated by the Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu. Lots of Vietnamese and French died during the battle.
we got our asses kicked by the vietnamese and we left the war feeling like pussies
They did̃n't afraid, they were so happy. Since 30.4.1975 we were clearly freedom. Vietnamese
North Vietnam took over South Vietnam shortly after we left and Vietnam became Communist, and still is today!
Japan left some Type 95 light tanks there after they left. The North Vietnamese Army used some of those for their own Army.
The Vietnam war ended in 1975, Gerald Ford was president.
The U.S. Congress limited funds for the war effort, and imposed strict rules of engagement that significantly limited the ability of our troops to succeed. However, the U.S. did NOT fail in Vietnam. When American and allied troops left South Vietnam in the spring of 1973, every province in the country was under local control without North Vietnamese Communist influence. It was only two years AFTER the U.S. military left that South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese forces.
Bombing the north back to the peace negotiations; which occurred.
He ordered an airlift of about 300,000 Vietnamese refugees into the United States
The dogs who were utilized in Vietnam were left behind when their handlers were ordered back to the states in 1973.