To kill as many enemy soldiers as possible. APEX
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Stop the spread of communism.
The belief at the time was the "domino theory" which predicted that if one nation fell to communist insurgency, then that would trigger another to fall, then another, then another. So it was felt essential to prevent every possible advance of communism wherever it happened.
The goals of the average soldier were:
Most American troops were conscripts and had no high sounding wa on communism types of goals
To kill as many enemy soldiers as possible
Communist containment.
On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were signed with the goal of ending American involvement in Vietnam. The signers were North Vietnam, South Vietnam, the United States and the Provisional Revolutionary Government who represented South Vietnamese revolutionaries.
To expel the communists from the country and establish a capitalist government for the countries government.
The goal was to prevent the spread of communism.