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At the beginning of he war and up to early 1968, America seemed to accept the cost and sacrifices as a legitimate halt to communist expansion.

However, as the conflict dragged on - and casualties increased as did draft numbers, a large part of the population became un-supportive of the war.

Because 1969 was a presidential election year, political rhetoric grew on both sides of the war effort, and further deteriorated the public resolve to support the effort to stop communism in southeast Asia.

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The division was mainly about the growing number of body-bags returned to America.

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