The Vietnam war lasted twenty years from 1955 to 1975. Many children were orphaned and families were uprooted and separated. Citizens of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were adopted by American citizens or immigrated to the United States.
There are 58,286 Americans named on the memorial honoring those who gave their lives in service to the American nation while fighting the war in Vietnam .
WACs & WAVEs did the same thing they did in WWII; supported the US fighting men. Primary functions were administrative and medical (nurses).
too many...bring them home. they are fighting over nothing. they are fighting for the u.s government lies. its horrible. bring the good citizens home.
my boyfriend did 3 tours as a marine in Vietnam. he says that thousands of civilians were killed in Vietnam conflict. are you asking about a particular incident in Vietnam? he states that in 1968, as many as 500 civilians, many of them women and children, were killed in My Lai, south Vietnam. lt. William calley, was tried and convicted of this crime, called the My Lai Massacre.
It it wasn't a declared war and by 1968 the largest draft had taken place. Protests were going on and many disagreed with the war.
US Servicemen had been fighting communists in South Vietnam since 1955.
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Many returned to France.
The Vietnam war lasted twenty years from 1955 to 1975. Many children were orphaned and families were uprooted and separated. Citizens of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were adopted by American citizens or immigrated to the United States.
There are 58,286 Americans named on the memorial honoring those who gave their lives in service to the American nation while fighting the war in Vietnam .
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It meant that they had to stop fighting weather they liked it or not slaves had to be freed according to the law, even though many didn't because many disagreed with president lincoln .
I was not in Vietnam, still, I have heard a number of men talk about it. Unlike the solders from World War 2, none of the Vietnam Veterans considered the Vietnam War worth fighting. Many were totally upset with the incompetence with the people back at the Pentagon. Many solders in the field despised the situation. Americans had to fight because South Vietnamese would not. The fighting was pointless. The solders knew either they could stay and die forever or they could get out and watch South Vietnam fall.
No way. Many people were against the war and protested it. in fact, there are many songs from the 60s that are about protesting the war.
WACs & WAVEs did the same thing they did in WWII; supported the US fighting men. Primary functions were administrative and medical (nurses).
We were fighting both the North Vietnamese Army, and the "Viet Cong." Viet Cong translates to People's Army. They were mostly South Vietnamese citizens recruited by North Vietnam agents to help the North fight to unify Viet Nam. Both armies were supplied with Chinese and Russian military equipment and weapons.