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If friends volunteered for Vietnam war together could they end up in same company?
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∙ 11y ago
It was called the "buddy system" and it was possible, yes. However, in the real world, what very often happened was those two buddies ended up making new friends in the army...and their original enlistment under the buddy system wasn't all that important anymore. They often went their separate ways...as friends...but they each had several newer friends. Entering the army (or any branch of service) was scary for new recruits and the buddy system was a way of making new men feel more comfortable by having someone familiar with them to go thru the military process together (inprocessing, orientation, boot camp, AIT, out-processing, etc.)...similiar to a "familiy member support" idea. But after going thru the "military processing", like most things in life...if wasn't near as bad as the man thought it would be. And he went on to make new friends, formally called ARMY BUDDIES!
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Percentage of troops in Vietnam that saw combat?
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Why did women join the Vietnam War?
Women did not "fight" in Vietnam. They were not in any combat units serving as combatants. They were nurses and other support. They did a great service by mending our wounds, giving us comfort and being there in our support- God bless them all. They left their families and friends, traveled half way around the world , gave up all the comforts they could have had and put themselves in harms way- all for the American soldier. They were a rare breed of women....
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