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in 2005 there were 32,367 suicides in the U.S.
91000
Approximately 1/4th of all suicides are from women. Women have many more attempted suicides though. Males complete the act far more often.
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Servicemen returning home from Vietnam were often given a "dirty look" of disguist, or had a "smart remark" made to them. Many returning veterans would NOT tell people that they were veterans of the Vietnam War.
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
Vietnam soldiers were treated quite differently than soldiers returning from previous wars. This is because the Vietnam war itself caused great controversy in the US over whether we should be involved or not an many opposed it. When the soldiers returned home they were not greeted with fanfare and excitement. They were greeted with cold shoulders and no respect. Part of this is also due to the media that made the soldiers appear to be killers that destroyed entire civillian villages, which was not true. Many people even hated the soldiers that returned although there was rarely violence involved.
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One foot infection that soldiers in Vietnam suffered from was an infection called trench foot. Also, many soldiers in Vietnam suffered from basic fungal infections on their feet.
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To kill as many enemy soldiers as possible
For many US servicemen returning home from Vietnam, one of the LONG TERM effects was NOT talking about the war. Keeping it inside themselves. They had learned early on, that talking about the Vietnam War, produced enemies with their friends, family members, and complete strangers.
The return of military veterans from Vietnam was largely one of what can be called non events. For the most part many soldiers sent to Southeast Asia were draftees. Because of atrocities by some American soldiers, this was unfairly placed on many more who committed no such acts. Movies about Vietnam, such as Full Metal Jacket, unfairly depicted many Americans as either cruel or not professional.