Fire Base Nancy was overrun on April 13, 1970. I left on April 8th and was separated on the same 48 hour long day at Fort Lewis, Washington. After spending ten days in California, I went home to Ithaca, New York received the news shortly after that in letters that I still have.
Wings Over Vietnam happened in 2004.
58,267 names are arranged chronologically in order of the date of casualty.
to keep north Vietnam from taking over south Vietnam....
north Vietnam took over south Vietnam
Wings Over Vietnam was created on 2004-11-08.
The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
Kennedy was asked to send additional troops to Vietnam. He sent additional troops and military advisors over to Vietnam to help.
58,000 died in Vietnam.
1975
Against Communist North Vietnam's take over of the Republic of South Vietnam.
Australia began sending it's men to South Vietnam in 1962. By '68 they had a regiment of Centurion tanks, along with infantry and artillery in country. Australian warships; the HMAS Perth, Brisbane, Vendetta, and Hobart fired over 102,000 shells during their tours on the gunline. For further reading, see: "The Battle of Coral", by Lex McAulay; 1988, ISBN 978-0-09169-091-5. (The story of Australian Firebase Coral).
For the US: Over 58,000 dead & Over 300,000 wounded.