Keep in mind, that statistics continue to be updated: 8 US military female personnel were killed in Vietnam. One 1st Lieutenant Nurse was killed when enemy rockets struck her building. One was killed while a passenger on board a helicopter when it accidently crashed. One was killed, while riding as a passenger in a jeep, which accidently crashed. Five were killed, during Operation Baby Lift; the evacuation of South Vietnam, in 1975. The largest US Air Force transport at that time, the C-5 Galexy, had filled up with women & children evacuee's. It crashed during take off, killing most people aboard.
The Vietnam War happened in the 1960's and throughout the 60's. The Vietnam War is considered to be one of the most pointless wars in US history.
Some historians start the time when advisers and techicians made their presence known during the late 1950's, some begin when the Special Forces (Green Beret) arrived in the early 1960's, still other historians like to begin when President Johnson sent in regular combat troops in 1965. Where ever you chose to begin your date, it will have to end in 1975, when the North invaded and took over the South.
It is most likely that they most combat jumps by any individual would be six. It is not actually known who the person because the jumps are made as units, not individuals.
During the Vietnam War (1960's and 1970's) beards and long mustaches were considered ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT (Anti-Anything Government...Police, Military Personnel, etc.) Short hair and clean shaven (or a military mustache) was considered conservative/normal. But any man sporting a clean look would be under suspicion by his friends and neighbors as being a cop (or under-cover government official), or in the military.
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The ROKs (Republic of Korea) may not have employed women in Vietnam. If they did, they were, as most females were in Vietnam/Korea/WWII/WWI...etc. nurses. And a great majority of female nurses in Vietnam were officers; any US female enlisted personnel was rare to non-existent.
US Female nurses volunteered for the military; in most cases they also volunteered for Vietnam; where they were needed most. Volunteers looked at the war differently than draftees.
Lyndon Johnson authorized this and most of the military operations in Vietnam.
USN vessels, US Military aircraft, CIA sponsored transportation. By the the late 1960's most US military personnel arrived in country via chartered US airliners, such as Braniff Airlines.
1961 is the year most accepted by current historians.
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Yes most auto shops are able service military shops. It is also dependent on the personnel. Some auto shop personnel have experience with repairing military vehicles.
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The service people in Iraq, are members of the "All-Volunteer" (a direct side effect from the Vietnam War-elimination of the draft) US military forces. The servicemen during the Vietnam War were drafted (conscripted). Other than the color of their uniforms, and their willingness to be in uniform verses Vietnam's unwillingness to be in uniform, and the insurgents/guerillas that they are trying to eliminate, verses the Vietnam War's fighting of the regular armed forces; Army, Navy, and Air Force from a foreign country (NORTH Vietnam), their psychology will more than likely be similar to most military personnel over seas in a hostile environment.
Most US personnel would say the"Tet"offensive in 1968 was a turning point.