Absolutely True.
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Badly by most civilians, treated as brothers by their fellow servicemen.
Over 58,000 US servicemen died in the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, approximately 2 1/2 million US servicemen served in country. Of those, approximately 58,000 died and over 300,000 were wounded; over 358,000 Purple Hearts.
There were 1.1 million Canadian servicemen who had participated in the war. Canada's military deaths in the Second World War (which included 1,167 deaths from wounds received to the end of 1947) are recorded as 46,250 (including 1,656 Canadian merchant seamen) another 54,000 were wounded.
US/South Vietnamese allies during the course of the Vietnam War; approximately: 1. Australia-50,000 Servicemen (20,000 drafted) 2. South Korea-320,000 Servicemen 3. Thailand-11,000 Servicemen 4. Philippines-11,000 Servicemen 5. New Zealand-4,000 Servicemen (All Volunteers)
The United States had 500,000 servicemen "in country" in the Republic of South Vietnam at it's peak strength during the Vietnam War. 2,594,000 servicemen ultimately served "in country." 3,403,100 US servicemen served through South East Asia during the Vietnam War.
Over 33.000
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During and after
The military produced Sixpence notes during various wars for the use of servicemen.
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Badly by most civilians, treated as brothers by their fellow servicemen.
Over 58,000 US servicemen died during the Vietnam War.
Nearly 2,000 US servicemen were POW/MIA during the war.
Over 58,000 US servicemen died in the Vietnam War.