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Why was Jay Leno safe from serving in the Vietnam war?
Each male resident had a draft lottery number- 1 to 365.. Jay leno's number was 233, much higher that the cut off number (150). Jay got lucky.
Did President Ford cut and run from the Vietnam War because the left-wing Democratic Party cut off funds for the war?
President Nixon campaigned on a platform of ending the Vietnam War, and the Congressional cutoff of funding for combat troops occurred a year before Ford became President. It was already clear that the victory of the North Vietnamese was inevitable, so it really wasn't an issue of "cutting and running."
Where is the Gulf of Tonkin located?
Off the east coast of Vietnam.
Did Hitler cut off his finger?
No
What country ruled over Vietnam from 1800 until World War 2?
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.
