Personal opinion about the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

Extremely versatile war:

1. First use of SAC B52 bomber in combat

2. First super-sonic aerial dog-fights

3. Last use of an all gun battleship in war (USS New Jersey)

4. First combat for an Airborne or Amphibious tank(s) (US-M551 Sheridan/NVA-PT76)

5. First mass use of air to air missiles in aerial combat

6. First Anti-tank missile combat use for US (TOW) and communists (SAGGER)

7. First Assault Rifle war (M16s and AK47s)

8. First Helicopter War

9. First Attack Helicopter

10. Last war fought by US WWII Veterans

11. Last war fought by men

Answer 2

#1) The US should have helped the French to fight it out.

#2) It was wrong of the US to get involved without the UN's military involvement.

#3) The US Military should have recruited more aliens seeking citizenship.

#4) The US should have used death row inmates to fulfill suicide missions.

#5) The A-Bomb would have shortened the war considerably (even a small one).

#6) Politicians should not get involved in making military decisions, without enlisting their own sons and daughters first.

#7) More attention to drug re-habilitation and/or re-enrty to civilian life should have been given the US military participants.

#8) Agent Orange should never have been used south of the DMZ.

#9) The activities of spies and other users of espionage against the US should have been brought to light - and to trial.

#10) Haiphong Harbor, once mined, should NOT have been 'un-mined'.

And the REAL #1 personal opinion) I am glad I missed it.

The above opinions are solely my own, please add your own below.