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The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
After the cease-fire, the United States continued to send military and economic aid to South Vietnam.
When the American involvement in the Vietnam war ended in 1973, the United States military stopped drafting men into military service.
The defeat at Dien Bien Phu led the French military to surrender their positions in Vietnam. The French left Vietnam, leaving the United States at the forefront of the conflict.
Was a Cold War conflict. A protracted military conflict (1954-1975) between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule.
The United States increased its military involvement in Vietnam.
South Vietnam, supported by the United States, Korea, and Australia's military.
Over 58,000 men died in the Vietnam War. Women, like WWII & Korea, were part of the WACs in the US Army and were NOT USED in combat nor for combat. Only 8 US Military women died in the Vietnam War...all but one by accidents. The last 5 women killed, were killed in 1975 under the Ford administration when their C5 Galaxy crashed during operation baby lift. When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the WACs were disbanded.
The inability of the United States to defeat North Vietnam reveal cracks in the seemingly impenetrable military might of the country because the United States were suppose to be one of the worlds powers and to have to fall to such a small country's military as the North Vietnam.
The inability of the United States to defeat North Vietnam reveal cracks in the seemingly impenetrable military might of the country because the United States were suppose to be one of the worlds powers and to have to fall to such a small country's military as the North Vietnam.
Military advisors first arrived in Vietnam in 1950. America started sending troops into Vietnam as early as 1960, but they took no military action until 1965. The United States was actively (militarily) involved in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
See website: List of United States Military books
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The United States lifted its trade embargo with Vietnam in 1994, when the Vietnamese government pledged to assist the United States government to trace the remains of American soldiers who went missing during the Vietnam War.
The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
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According to official figures:South Vietnam: 220,357United States: 58,159 (plus 2000 missing but not officially presumed dead)South Korea: 4,960Laos: 30,000Australia: 520New Zealand: 37Thailand: 1,351North Vietnam: 1,176,000 (includes South Vietnamese Viet Cong forces)China: 1,446Soviet Union: 16