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Television news showed GIs using their cigarette lighters, the Zippo, burning down people's homes in small towns (villages). Then in '68 came the My Lai massacre...

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What were some of the names used to insult Vietnam Veterans?

BAby Killers


What did Americans do to express their feelings for the Vietnam War?

spit on troops coming home and call them baby killers


How were troops treated after the Vietnam war?

Many of us, especially those of us still in uniform, were called baby killers, had the tires slashed on cars. Some had their homes vandalized by people throwing eggs or tomatoes on them. You couldn't even go into a bar and have a beer without some freak coming up and slobbering on you. Some of our vets just went quietly home and tried to fit back in. I don't recall any crowds calling us heroes when our ships came in or airplanes landed. Like the guys from Korea, most Americans were just quiet about it but the vocal ones were very noisy and very offensive.


How were the effects of the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam war different from the soldiers who fought in World War 2?

Treatment of Returning VeteransWW2 veterans were respected by the public, Vietnam veterans and were looked down upon by the public, mostly because the media was where it shouldn't have been. Untill several years latter of course, now the veterans of Vietnam are respected as well WW2 Veterans were greated with parades. Vietnam Veterans as well as Vietnam Era Veterans were spat at and called 'baby killers'.


Why were Vietnam veterans called baby killers?

This was a disparaging term applied to US soldiers because of incidents of both accidental and deliberate killings of children and infants (by both sides) during the Vietnam War. The term was used by the most vociferous opponents of the war, and was an undeserved epithet for the majority of the US military who served in a difficult conflict, often with ambiguous directions from their superiors.

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What bad names were the Vietnam war soldiers called when the came home?

they were called baby killers, war mongers, murders psychos and drug addicts


What were some of the names used to insult Vietnam Veterans?

BAby Killers


What did Americans do to express their feelings for the Vietnam War?

spit on troops coming home and call them baby killers


All of the following things happened after the end of the Vietnam war EXCEPT?

Soldiers were NOT welcomed home with happiness. Soldiers that came home from the Vietnam War were called baby killers and were often spat on.


What happened to the soldiers when they got off the planes from Vietnam?

They were booed at disliked. They were called "Baby killers" and much worse. They were like that because of the media being able to record and show American citizens the horrors of the Vietnam war.


Why were soldiers not welcomed back to the United States after the Vietnam war?

they were called baby killers because they would kill vietnamese children because they would try to kill them and themselves with grenades.


What are the release dates for Arrest and Trial - 2000 The Baby Killers?

Arrest and Trial - 2000 The Baby Killers was released on: USA: 2 November 2000


Was Sharon Tate's baby cut out of her?

Sharon Tate's baby, a full term boy later named Paul, was not removed from his mother by the killers. One of the killers, Susan Atkins I believe, wanted to take the baby but thought there was not enough time. This may have been how the rumor started and to this day many people think the baby was cut out of Sharon.


What do you do when a baby guinea pig dose not drink?

take it to the vets


Do people in Vietnam eat dogs?

yes that is was there favorite meal along with vietnams baby girls


Did killers cut out Sharon tates baby?

No they didnt. Sharons baby was removed during the autospy.


What are the release dates for America's Most Wanted - 1988 Sacramento Baby Killers?

America's Most Wanted - 1988 Sacramento Baby Killers was released on: USA: 26 April 2008