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US Airmen faced SAM's (Surface to Air Missiles) & MIG-17's, MIG-19's, MIG-21's, and AAA fire (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)...then they faced CAPTURE if shot down. ALL pilots and aircrewmen prayed to bail out of their aircraft, when hit, over Thailand or the ocean, where the US Navy could pick them up. US Sailors faced exploding mines placed in the rivers, when patrolling in their Swift Boats, PBR's (Patrol Boat River), Monitors (river battleships), or Alpha boats (ASPB's-Assault Support Patrol Boats). Or machinegun and RPG ambushes as they traversed the waterways, while serving with the US Navy's riverine forces (Brown Water Navy). Armor crewmen (tank crewmen) faced constant land mines (factory built anti-tank land mines from the Soviet Union/Red China), and RPG ambushes. US Army/US Marine infantrymen (grunts) faced everything: land mines, booby traps, snakes, poisonious insects, rats, mosquitos by the billions, high humidity, breaking through thick jungles with or without a machete, small arms fire, friendly air strikes & artillery (no tank to hide in) fire, enemy artillery & mortar fire, enemy sappers crawling into their firebase at night blowing up fuel depots and ammunition dumps, killing artillerymen with small arms fire (killing gun crews), etc.
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Were the soldiers of the Vietnam war respected after the war?
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
Were child soldiers used in the Vietnam war?
no? yes they were children were strapped with grenades and would walk up to soldiers and kill themselves and the soldiers.
Did soldiers in the Vietnam war get train to fight?
Soldiers from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Korea, Australia, and the United States were all effectively trained and prepared for battle in the Vietnam Conflict.
Did Irish soldiers fight in the Vietnam war?
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
How many Vietnam soldiers were from Indiana?
Indiana lost over 1,500 men in the Vietnam War.
Were the soldiers of the Vietnam war respected after the war?
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
What happened to some soldiers marriages in the Vietnam War?
The Vietnam War, was no different from past wars (US Civil War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, etc). Some marriages survived, some marriages did not.
How did the vietnam war affect us soldiers?
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.
Is there a memorial to the soldiers of the Vietnam War?
no
How many soldiers in Vietnam war?
Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
How many suicides of soldiers returning from Vietnam war?
2000 soldiers
What did the soldiers experience after the Vietnam War?
Rejection.
How were Vietnam soldiers treated differently from World War 2 soldiers?
WWII men fought the good war. Vietnam returnees were treated as losers.
What are the similarities differences between soldiers in the Vietnam War current Iraq war?
What the differences between Iraq war and Vietnam war?
How many us soldiers died in vietnam?
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
How many soldiers were sent to fight in the war?
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
How were soldiers split up in the Vietnam war?
by rank
