Because those were the new regulations for fighting the war. All previous wars had been fought and measured by gaining ground (winning territory). Vietnam would be fought and measured by counting enemy casualties.
With that said, it's commonplace for any nation's military to count the casualties of their own losses and those of the enemy.
the first US Military personnel was killed
The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
US Military newspaper: Stars & Stripes
President's Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, were also the Commander in Chief's of the US military during the Vietnam War.Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
Ngô Đình Diệm was assassinated during the Vietnam War in a military coup d'etat of South Vietnam.John F. Kennedy was assassinated during the Vietnam War by a US citizen.
my father was stationed in Alaska during the Vietnam war
he sent the u.s. military to the Vietnam in 1955
USA Gen's Harkins, Westmoreland, Abrams.
Gen. Westmoreland , Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Military conscription.
Credibility gap
Vietnam was a countryside, with the US military living in it (and the enemy). Civilians had to vacate the area (we RE-LOCATED THEM).
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War who's purpose was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive
To avoid military service.
Conscription.
Vietnam war
It had an unfair impact on poorer citizens.