North Vietnamese fighting men (Airmen, Soldiers, and Sailors) probably were promised a North Vietnamese victory.
South Vietnamese fighting men (Airmen, Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors) were probably promised the US would always be there when they were needed.
US, Australian, New Zealand, Philippine, South Korean, and Thai fighting men (Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Sailors) were told all they had to do was one tour (12 months) then they could go home; and that's about all these men wanted...was to go home.
All of the above military men received a pay-check (or were supposed to anyway).
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
no? yes they were children were strapped with grenades and would walk up to soldiers and kill themselves and the soldiers.
Soldiers from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Korea, Australia, and the United States were all effectively trained and prepared for battle in the Vietnam Conflict.
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
Indiana lost over 1,500 men in the Vietnam War.
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
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Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
2000 soldiers
Rejection.
WWII men fought the good war. Vietnam returnees were treated as losers.
What the differences between Iraq war and Vietnam war?
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Yes, during WW1 and WW2, there was no conscriprtion (compulsory military service). Soldiers went to war by choice. But in the Vietnam war, conscription was introduce in Australia and the soldiers were forced for the Vietnam war to go and fight.
The Vietnam war effected soldiers physically with strain of fighting in the jungle but it also effected soldiers psychological mind set. Soldiers were pulled out of school and work at the age of 17 and thrown into the war. The soldiers had to drink and smoke marijuana to deal with the war. It was hard for soldiers to come back for war and make a life.
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