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America at war: Facts about WWI, WWII and Vietnam. America has been involved in a war for a total of 222 out of 229 years since 1776. That means since its founding, the nation has been at war 93% ...
The March on the Pentagon, 21 October 1967, an anti-war demonstration organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. During the course of the war a large segment of Americans became opposed to U.S. involvement. In January 1967, only 32% of Americans thought the US had made a mistake in sending troops. [222]
During the Vietnam War, the use of the helicopter, known as "Air Mobile", was an essential tool for conducting the war. In fact, the whole conduct and strategy of the war depended on it. Vietnam was the first time the helicopter was used on a major scale, and in such important roles.
The Vietnam War entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia asserts that Canada's record on the truce commissions was a pro-Saigon partisan one. [48] Under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Immigration and Citizenship Canada notably accepted approximately 40,000 American draft evaders and military deserters as legal immigrants despite U.S. pressure. [49]
Han Lê took the lead in telling her father's story, which aired across Vietnam earlier this year. “A lot of people in this country continue to fight the war in their minds, and I think this is ...
The Vietnam War was a challenging time in U.S. history, and for many, the scars it left still feel fresh. While fighting overseas, the soldiers didn't just have to worry about the mortal threat of ...
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) confronted the US Army with a variety of challenges, both in the military context and at home. In the dense jungles of Vietnam, soldiers faced an invisible enemy using guerrilla tactics, while the difficult terrain, tropical diseases and the constant threat of ambushes strained the morale and effectiveness of the troops.
South Korean people of the Vietnam War (1 C, 2 P) Vietnam War spies (2 C, 1 P) T. Vietnam War torture victims (22 P) V. Vietnam War nurses (8 P)