To fight communism.
To fight communism and preserve the Republic of South Vietnam.
To fight communism
The US went to war with Communist NORTH Vietnam to prevent them from conquering South Vietnam.
There is a good relationship today; US tourists go to Vietnam, and Vietnam markets it's trade goods to the US.
To fight communism.
To fight communism and preserve the Republic of South Vietnam.
To fight communism
Canadian men crossed into the US and joined the US military to fight in Vietnam. Canada itself did not go to war.
To fight communism.
The US went to war with Communist NORTH Vietnam to prevent them from conquering South Vietnam.
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
the Vietnam war was not an American war. we got in it to fight off communism. and the vietcong and north vietnamese worked together to fight us, and south vietnamese were hardly using their army to fight, they were letting us do all of it. and Americans didnt want to go die for a lost cause.
The vast majority were volunteers, not draftees. They fought because that was their job as soldiers- to go where the nation sends them. Many truly believed it was a just war- to fight communism.
The US Coast Guard only protects the United States, they do not go over seas to fight.
There is a good relationship today; US tourists go to Vietnam, and Vietnam markets it's trade goods to the US.
1965