No- you did not get to choose, you had to go. If they said for you to go, you got to go but you had to be 18 or older. TRUST ME- I'M IN 6TH GRADE AND I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR!!
'55 to '75.
Yes, the cold war was America's interest.
College students and physically unfit men.
The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.
Yes.
no. unless soilders need to go to war
Many soilders rushed to go join the war some worried that it would be over. Many soilders rushed to go join the war some worried that it would be over.
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
There was no "Vietnam" during the Vietnam War. Communist NORTH Vietnam was attacking non-communist SOUTH Vietnam, and the US was trying to drive the communists out of South Vietnam...trying to stop communist aggression. It's called the Vietnam War because it's a lot easier to say, and less confusing...than to say "South Vietnam War" or "North Vietnam War", so some people go so far as to say the war in Southeast Asia instead.
To fight communism.
The NUMBER ONE reason for protesting the war was THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM (THE DRAFT!).
To prevent them from conquering South Vietnam.
No- you did not get to choose, you had to go. If they said for you to go, you got to go but you had to be 18 or older. TRUST ME- I'M IN 6TH GRADE AND I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR!!
no country wants to go to war
'55 to '75.
'55