During the Vietnam war the rate of use was about 5% Heroin was: - inexpensive - about 95 percent pure (compared to 5 percent in the US) - easy to obtain Most users smoked or sniffed or even ate heroin Most users stopped when they returned to the U.S.
All able bodied US Males, normally between ages 19 and 26, deferred men were collegestudents/physically unfit.
It is easier to find a list of soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy, than it is to find those who lived. Several genealogy websites have been set up and may be able to provide survivors with information.
there were several such as zepplens, drakens. And i believe in that time period they also invented the first plane able to hold several soldiers at once.
Vietnam was a French colony up until World War 2, when Japan invaded it. The Vietnamese were able to fight off the Japanese. After the war, France attempted to retake Vietnam, which created North and South Vietnam, leading to the Vietnam War.
Not routinely, but you could sometimes manage a patch via Ham Radio if you were lucky.
The soldiers had translators with them and they learned the language best they could while in Vietnam.
Vietnam was first invaded by the Japanese during World War 2. Vietnamese insurgents, along with Soviet and French soldiers, were able to hold out until the war ended. Once the war ended, The Soviets (and Ho Chi Minh) established North Vietnam and the French (with Diem) established South Vietnam.
During the Vietnam war the rate of use was about 5% Heroin was: - inexpensive - about 95 percent pure (compared to 5 percent in the US) - easy to obtain Most users smoked or sniffed or even ate heroin Most users stopped when they returned to the U.S.
Try search engine for: North Vietnam, Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh; then look at the bottoms at the references...then go to them. Each source leads to another one. Edit by Engl1sh: You may also try Vietcong (North Vietnamese guerrilla warfare soldiers). These soldiers were hidden among South Vietnamese people and were there to topple the S. Vietnamese government. If you find information on the government in the South, you should be able to find government and politics from the North.
All three nations conscripted their men. All able bodied men were eligible for the draft.
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They were booed at disliked. They were called "Baby killers" and much worse. They were like that because of the media being able to record and show American citizens the horrors of the Vietnam war.
Not being able to find the Vietcong's. Vietcong's spent the day hiding, which restricted the American Troops attacks.
After the war ended (1975) they were considered 'half breeds' racially during a time when the Communists had full control of the country, and anything western or American was seen by the government with disdain. Many were able to escape to Australia, Europe or America as political refugees.
Yes, he struggled that he was not able to end the Vietnam war earlier.
Stanley Spencer 1891-1959 did quite a few paintings of soldiers during WW2. I have not, though, been able to locate one with the title of just 'Soldiers'. I think this is Edward Burra's 'Soldiers at Rye', c. 1941.