Vietnam War

The Vietnam war started because American president Eisenhower did not want communism to spread throughout the world and...

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It started in 1954 (the same year the Algerian War for Independence from France began) and ended in 1975. It went on longer in...

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The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for "Heroic or meritorious achievement or service." While there is no complete list compiled of...

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The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by the United States. It lasted more than 15 years, from 1959 to 1975. It was...

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I am a Silver Star winner from the Vietnam War. It is on 1st Aviation Brigade, APO San Francisco 96307. General Orders Number...

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It depends upon how you look at it. We never lost any major engagements in the war. To the simple person we lost but if you look...

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Among the reasons/causes of the Vietnam War: As for why the US got involved, Americans feared the "domino theory" of expanding...

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The answer is that war is always an economic stimulus to the victor, but of course this is not always so. Great Britain was...

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AnswerIf the battle occured on their land then they've got no farming land as it's mainly strewn with decomposing bodies,...

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U.S. 58,000 troops were killed the North vietnamese army 1.1 million deaths 1,170,000 people were injured Also, estimates for...

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Did the US Lose in Vietnam?Here are some various opinions on why (and whether) the US lost the war in Vietnam: The United States...

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AnswerNone of the weapons in the answers below this one were "technologically advanced." Some technologically advanced weapons...

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The 1973 Paris Accord required all external troops to be withdrawn and all external supply of war materials to cease. The Free...

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There were 58,138 deaths in the Vietnam war.

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Well, from what I know, Australia was fairly suspiscious & somewhat threatened by its neighbours during the time between 1901 &...

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Not entirely sure what your talking about. There was an agreement signed by France and the North Vietnamese in 1954 called the...

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The Tet Offensive (1968) was a military failure for the NVA, but a political success for North Vietnam. The reason is because up...

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During the period of US involvement, Britain provided some support. They built the American Air bases in Thailand. Special Forces...

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1. There are some tactical parallels between Iraq and Vietnam. However, these two countries and conflicts might have taken place...

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Probably not as tough as they were in the 70's; they haven't fought a major war in over 30 years. The war experience they gained...

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The effects of the Vietnam War were numerous on varied fronts, but several can and should be enumerated such as: * Many of the...

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Radio AN/PRC-25 As per the answer above, backpack radios were used widely by the infantry, given their portability, and decent...

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In the experiment, a teacher was instructed by a scientist to administer electric shocks to a victim as part of a science...

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See website: Agent Orange

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Attack aircraft headed for North Vietnam were generally armed with 500lb, 750lb, and 1,000lb general purpose HE (High Explosive)...

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Sectionalism in post-War of 1812 United States was based on peculiar institution, or slavery. This is something that is taught...

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That's exactly why there was a COLD WAR! So there wouldn't be no MAD...no mutually assured destruction!

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The US Navy doesn't (and didn't) like small combatants in their inventory; especially wooden ones, like the WWII PT Boats. Close...

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Pres. Eisenhower, former clerk of Gen. MacAuther who said "the U.S. should not get involved in a land war in Asia." Ike was...

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No. The closest might be some plains areas. Wide open flat places, like large meadows. But vegetation was the character of South...

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Although we lost the war, many men fought valiently, and many lost their lives. They risked everything to help another country...

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Conscription is another name for being drafted into the military.

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By eliminating the need for battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, etc. One "good" military sniper can pin down a whole...

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Try not to get caught up in that debate. Nearly all people (scholars, instructors, teachers, historians, students, etc.) seem to...

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Unknown how many "un-documented" Hispanics served in the war; but 170,000 US Hispanics served in Vietnam, and 3,070 Hispanic men...

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The Cold War was pretty much the United States opposing communism, and it greatly relates to the Vietnam War because communists...

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Most definitely war with Spain could've been avoided. In fact Spain was apologizing for the destruction of the USS Maine...

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The same day NVA T54 tanks crashed through their palace gates, 30 April 1975.

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Cost of Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War ended up costing the US around $584 billion according to this website:...

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There were TWO Chinas during the war; Red China and Taiwan (Nationalist China). The VC lived in Southern Vietnam. Red China...

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American Presidents are not royalty, therefore they do not REIGN or RULE. They LEAD. Depends on how far back you want to...

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Life Expectancy Stats show that when the action was at it's highest, a total of 500,000 Americans were in Vietnam. Every year...

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San Soo kung Fu is stright forward and gets the job done quick. And you can disable your attacker.

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Strategic Air Command, the air arm of the Navy, the U.S. Air Force in general and Marine Corps Aviation that bombed North Vietnam...

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With the exception of the air war over the north, the ground war occurred in southern territory. The north invaded the south, the...

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Countries Fighting in VietnamMAIN PLAYERS IN THE VIETNAM WAR: North Vietnam - COMMUNISTS; therefore they were supported by China...

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AnswerThe Battle of Ia Drang is the subject of We Were Soldiers, Once... And Young, by Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway and is...

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The Army had around 4,368,000 members. The Marines had about 794,000. The Navy generally had 1,842,000. Lastly, the Air Force...

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I don't think there is one. Our involvement was so gradual that you can't fix a date for it. We were diplomatically involved in...

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The single best source I have ever seen for American casualty rates, by classes of troops, for all U.S. wars, is the book Stolen...

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Jen-tai A brave warrior KNIGHT

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Short Answer: 12 months: "Tour of duty" means how much time did a person typically spend in a war zone. In Vietnam, the "war...

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DMZ at the 38th Parallel.

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The Vietnam War was a civil war in that country, which had been divided into North and South regions following the defeat of the...

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North Vietnam disallowed foreign intervention from the Soviet Union and Communist China due to fear of future occupation; as...

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AnswerIt was not peaceful (I don't think any colonization was peaceful). The French bombarded Vietnamese harbors in the late...

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As the first 'televised' war, it crushed a lot of the myths about the nobility of serving in war. The generation gap between the...

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U.S. military forces were prohibited from crossing the DMZ. As a result the NVA used this to their advantage. Crossing in...

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AnswerUmm... correct me if Im wrong but...They didn't win, North Vietman won after the U.S pulled most of our ground troops...

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Mostly through the French.

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June 5, 1862 - The Treaty of Saigon ceded three southern Vietnamese provinces to France. France established the colony of...

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AnswerThe U.S. never officially declared war. About the closest thing you can point to is the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" passed...

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The Monroe Doctrine and the Magna Carta

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1. Food & safe drinking water; whether they were explorers on land or sea.2. Disease: mostly cholera & dysentery which is...

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There is no exact date. The first advisor's were sent to Viet Nam during the Kennedy administration. Some historians even say we...

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Answer3 years, from 1972 ( US troops left VN ) to 1975 ( government of SVN fail to NVN )  AnswerThe Paris Peace Accords...

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Answerthere were many effects from the war on Australia Politically, environmentally, socially and economically these were all...

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1. Army2. Navy3. Air ForceSame as they had when they were called North Vietnam during the war.

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Keep mind that the 02 August 1964 incident was an actual battle between the North Vietnamese Navy and the US Navy. The 04 August...

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16 minutes for a machine gunner entering a combat zone I was a Naval Hospital Corpsman in 1979. I attended a "c" school-Field...

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The Vietnam war ended in 1975, a sustained North Vietnamese offensive forced South Vietnamese troops to begin withdrawing from...

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He warned against the military industrial complex. This was strange for a manwho served in the U.S. Armed Forces. He began the...

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The most tours of duty in the Vietnam war is 27 by Michael Badnarik. Mr.Badnarik was also the Libertarian Candidate for President...

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for most of the war the overall in theater commander was general westmorland.

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AnswerThe Thompson submachine gun was a semi- or fully-automatic delayed blowback weapon. Known as the "Tommy Gun" the weapon was...

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AnswerWaste of time and money? I hope that most Americans don't feel that way. I still mourn for people who sacrificed their...

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fixed wings with rotor engines

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Hard rock and roll came from "hard a-- angry muscians." The war, assassinations, riots, civil rights movement, women's lib...

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Military body bags were always available in Vietnam. They were a normal part of the medical corp's equipment. In Vietnam, they...

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Snipers do more than provide one shot one body results. They often go in with or before the advance party on a forward movement...

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1975 1973 The Us got out of the Vietnam war in 1975. US combat operations ceased in 1973 after relentless...

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AnswerTo my knowledge there hasn't been any real studies on the amount of land destroyed in Vietnam. The reasons possibly because...

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Anne W. Patton, but she was known as Nita throughout her life.

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It is fair to say that guerrilla tactics played a significant part of the effectiveness of the communist rebels in causing U.S....

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General Jack Robinson (im not sure)

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No, nothing even close to the rationing of WWII. America in the 1960s/70s was a highly sophisticated and technologically advanced...

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Although the United Kingdom was not directly involved in the war in Viet Nam, the people of the country were mostly against it....

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In terms of violence and scale yes. In terms of area and time no.Korea commenced immediately as a conventional war; with tanks...

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they fought with the us against the NVA, this is correct i read a book about it, the other answers will tell you they fought for...

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Brigadier General (BG) (O7) Major General (MG) (O8) Lieutenant General (LTG) (O9) General (GEN) (O10) General of the Army...

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Vietnam has a long history of occupation and war. For 2,000 years it was intermittently independent and dominated by China. In...

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The average age of the American soldier in Vietnam was 19. Some as young as 16 and others as old as ? Actually, that is a myth....

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This question is very imprecise. I think you are asking why the U.S. failed to prop-up the anti-communist government in South...

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When the fuels consumed.

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I'm not an expert in this area. But to my understanding, the Vietnam War created divisions between the American popluation and...

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