Vietnam War

It provided a force to assist the South Vietnam government resist the North Vietnamese attempt to take it over.

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Yes, under Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing. The US Horse Cavalry wasn't officially disbanded until 1942. The US Army's last "horse cavalry" battle was conducted by the US 26th Cavalry...against Japanese Type 95 light tanks in 1942.

No. President Kennedy sent advisors to South Vietnam, not Korea.

Vietnam was the slow-growing cancer that allowed advisers to become involved. JFK sent the SEALS and Green Berets to Southeast Asia (Vietnam). JFK authorized the "Green Beret" for the US Special Forces. The SEALS were converted UDT men (Under Water Demolition men, aka Frogmen); they too were converted to SEALS on JFK's watch.

The Anti War Movement had profound effects on America. First of all, it had a massive impact on the way people looked at the country's intervention in the Vietnam War. Mounting protests and social unrest led to the eventual withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam. It also marked a split between personal ideologies and counter cultures. The counter culture rejected traditional American values, looking for a more liberal country, while conservative Americans continued to cling to the traditional values of earlier decades.

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The best way is to use the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall website. Punch in the name, and the information will say (as an example): Small Arms or Non-Hostile or Aircraft Accident; Body Recovered; etc.

Any time a GI was killed by a machinegun, grenade, rifle, pistol, RPG, maybe even a mortar or rocket attack...the field reports usually said "small arms" fire. Incoming artillery/rocket fire might be indicated by "hostile artillery", etc.

AAR (declassified After Action Reports from Maryland (Archives) might also help. But in those cases, they'll want to know WHAT DATE and WHAT UNIT that you're requesting; and they charge by the page (so it can become expensive, if theres alot of pages).

When requesting military info from the archives in Maryland, they'll expect YOU to know what YOU'RE asking for.

If YOU don't know the date and unit, then select a "general" time & date; example: (using the final US Army offensive in Vietnam as an example): Request AAR's for the 1st Brigade 5th Mechanized Infantry Division during Operation Lam Son 719 in 1971.

Since that was a massive 60 day plus campaign, it might be too expensive to receive that many copies of the report, so request "the last 14 days of the op." Or the "first 15 days..." Whatever the historian can afford.

If mom and dad have money, the draft dodger either went to college or they hired an attorney.

The North Vietnamese Army would break the treaty and invaded South Vietnam.

South Vietnam quickly fell to North Vietnam, which created one, Socialist Vietnam.

yes, once the widow of a serviceman reaches age 65, she must take part in medicare, as the tricare medical care becomes the 2nd payer, after medicare

This was in world war one. At 2.30 am on 25 April 1915, as the men of the Anzac Corps approached the west coast of Gallipoli in the ships of the invasion fleet, the Australian submarine AE2 entered the Dardanelles to disrupt Turkish sea communication.

No such list exists.

The French P was the main currency; and that was worthless compared to the US MPC (Military Payment Certificate/or Military Payment Currency). Collectors might want the material for this century (21st) however.

At first, most of America supported it. But, the war took a toll on America and the American army. Drafts upsetted parents because their children were being sent to war and a lot of soldiers were dying. The hippie movement started the "Make peace, not war" movement. Teen-agers were scared and started fleeing to Canada. The war went on for many wars and the American public just wanted peace. Some say that America could of conquered North Vietnam if they would have used better battle tactics.

Over 3,403,100 US Servicemen served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; of those men, 2,594,000 served in country (South Vietnam).

As was, and still is, the situation in which husbands are absent for extended periods of time, can cause personal difficulties at home (family). This has been true for all absences, whether they be for military reasons, extended civilian business trips, extended medical reasons, or extended pleasure vacations...absences for too LONG of periods can cause a possible "break" down of the marriage. These same effects applied to returning Vietnam War servicemen too.

"Officially" US troops invaded (the quote "incursion") Cambodia on 01 May 1970. The Kent State shootings occurred on 04 May 1970 protesting that "incursion" (invasion).

Un-officially US troops and aerial bombing had been occurring since day one (probably even in 1955).

Special Ops men had been recording, studying, photographing, sketching, and doing alittle destructive work on NVA armor (tanks), facilities, cache supplies, depots, routes (Ho Chi Minh Trail), and general troop movements for years.

North Vietnam had at least three armor regiments (PT76 & T54 tanks), and one of those tank regiments was KNOWN to be stationed in Laos/Cambodia; they were being tracked (trailed/tailed) by SF/Special Ops men.

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Iraq is an insurgency of people attacking the government and most citizens living in that particular region. It is criminal activity (terrorism) against both civilians and military personnel. Unlike most wars, Iraq is NOT a war of conquest...over people or land or government; but rather an un-stabilized region of violence using religion or nationality, etc., as excuses for the violence. Iraq is actually a crime ridden region due to an un-stable government, brought on by the removal of Saddam. Saddam may have been a dictator; but he had control over the (his) government. l. The US Civil War was fought because the southern states wanted to create their own country (leave the union). 2. The Spanish-American War of 1898 was fought because of US expansion and alleged Spanish brutality of Cuba/Phillipines/etc; which was ultimately triggered by the destruction of the US Navy battleship USS Maine in Havanna Harbor. 3. WWI was fought because of Germany's conquests. 4. WWII was fought because of Germany, Japan, and Italy's conquests. 5. Korea was fought because of communist territorial expansion (conquest); they failed. 6. Vietnam was fought because of communist territorial expansion (conquest); they succeeded. 7. Operation Urgent Fury (1983) was conducted to save US students on that island. 8. Operation Just Cause (1989) was conducted to arrest Noriega. 9. Operation Desert Storm (1991) was conducted to eject Iraq from Kuwait. 10. Operation Restore Hope (1992/1993) was conducted to feed the starving people. 11. Operations in Bosnia (1995) were conducted to put an end to the warring factions in that particular region. 12. Operation Enduring Freedom (2001) was conducted to find the people responsible for attacking the US on 9/11. 13. Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) was conducted to remove Saddam from power.

This is a 2001 number, but contact the Agent Orange Hotline at: 1-800-749-8387.

There was a very large and influential anti-war (Vietnam War specifically) movement active and vocal in the late 1960's. Authors, actors, musicians and other people in the public spotlight each used their individual talents to oppose the war. Particularly vocal musicians included The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Joan Baez, Jefferson Airplane and a plethora of others. Jimi Hendrix and The Doors both had anti-war songs banned in the USA. The movies of the original Woodstock and Monterey music festivals are dripping with anti-war sentiments.

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1. Chemicals called "agent blue" were sprayed onto crops. They suffered from poor rice harvests.

2. Bombing eg. Napalm burns through skin and bone. Pain often killed.

Estimate of 2 million Vietnamese killed.