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  2. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    More than 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, some 1.5 million of whom actually saw combat in Vietnam. [86] James E. Westheider wrote that "At the height of American involvement in 1968, for example, 543,000 American military personnel were stationed in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops."

  3. United States–Vietnam relations - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam War was a massive undertaking for all involved: North Vietnam and the Viet Cong had around 690,000 soldiers by 1966, South Vietnam had a strength of 1.5 million soldiers by 1972, and the U.S. deployed a total of 2.7 million soldiers over the course of American involvement, peaking at 543,000 in April 1969.

  4. Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (November 2024) Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia Clockwise from top left: US Huey helicopters inserting South Vietnamese ARVN troops, 1970 North Vietnamese PAVN ...

  5. Military historian shares Vietnam War insight and impact in ...

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    SHREVEPORT, La. – A military historian shared new insight into the darkest conflicts of the Vietnam War.Geoffrey Wawro was invited to speak at LSU Shreveport about his newest book, The Vietnam ...

  6. Pentagon Papers - Wikipedia

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    A November 1950 Central Intelligence Agency map of dissident activities in Indochina, published as part of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968.

  7. News Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan: America's two ... - AOL

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    But latter-day versions of both did unfold in a matter of days as the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year military and political involvement. Vietnam and Afghanistan were ...

  8. Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

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    Anti-War protesters primarily made moral arguments against US involvement in Vietnam. In May 1954, preceding the Quaker protests but just after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu, the Service Committee bought a page in The New York Times to protest what seemed to be the tendency of the US to step into Indochina as France was stepping out ...

  9. US soldier Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War ...

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    (Reuters) - William Calley, who during the Vietnam War led his U.S. Army platoon into the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai and carried out one of the worst war crimes in American military history, has ...