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Position:Home>History> What do you think about Vietnam War?Question: What do you think about Vietnam War!? I bet all of you know that American’s army, air force, navy and marine has been sent to Vietnam long time ago, because they want to attack Vietcong!.
Unfortunately, Vietcong was so sly and smart, even the female sniper of Vietcong can sniped a lot of American’s soldier and sergeant!. What do you think about this war!? Incidentally, Vietnam War happened and ends in which two years!? Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think, that in order for you to fully understand the Vietnam War, you need to watch "Vietnam, The Ten Thousand Day War", by Ken Burns!. Then, you need to visit The Wall, in Washington, D!.C!., or the Traveling Wall, the next time it comes to your town!. While you're there, remember the faces of the young men and women from the documentary, because so many of them came home in body bags and their names are on that monument!. One of those young men was my friend, Carlos!. Not one single person in my Senior class, will tell you that his death was in vane!. We respected his decision to join the Army and when he volunteered for Vietnam!. We cried the day he left for basic training and the day he left for Vietnam!. He died exactly one month, to the day, after arriving "in country"!. We wept when we learned of his death, we wept at his funeral and we wept when the flag, which was draped over his casket, was folded!. I can still hear the rifle volley, after 42 years and I still remember how his mother was literally jolted, as if her own body was being riddled with bullets!. We still weep and we still miss our friend!. So, the next time you want to make a joke, concerning something you know absolutely nothing about, don't choose the Vietnam War! Www@QuestionHome@Com My stepfather died early this month!. He was a flight warrant officer on board a Chinook helicopter!. He won the US army Air medal for pulling a couple of guys into his helicopter when they were taking mortar fire!. The United States really didn't need to be there nor the Chinese or Soviets it was a big mistake!. but, seeing how everybody else was who am I to say what should have been!.Www@QuestionHome@Com We wanted to attack the Viet Cong!? I know I will get bounced for this, but, are you as stupid as you sound!? Your spelling stinks, your grammar is horrible and you are so totally stupid that you probably could not understand the answer!. Go get your cookies and go to bed!. The thousand of people that died there are so proud of your total stupidity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 1st American death 8 July 1959 Last death 29 April 1975 height of the war was 1965-1975--- longest war in American history Judging by your grammar,i think it is same to say you don't know much about the war at all !!! Www@QuestionHome@Com it was a waste of human lives, both American and Vietnamese!. I totally would have been an anti-war hippie if I lived in the 60's!. The war ended by 1975!.Www@QuestionHome@Com My personal opinion is - The Vietnam War was a disaster!. Too many young lives were lost or ruined for no gain!. I have lost many friends both during and also since that dreadful war, (since through suicide)!. American troops!. Total dead: 58,209, Total wounded: 303,635, Missing in Action: 1,948 July 26, 1950 - United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French!. July 8, 1959 - Two U!.S!. military advisors, Maj!. Dale Buis and Sgt!. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam!. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War!. May 1961 - President Kennedy sends 400 American Green Beret 'Special Advisors' to South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese soldiers in methods of 'counter-insurgency' in the fight against Viet Cong guerrillas!. March 8, 1965 - The first U!.S!. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang!. They join 23,000 American military advisors already in Vietnam!. July 1967 - General Westmoreland requests an additional 200,000 reinforcements on top of the 475,000 soldiers already scheduled to be sent to Vietnam, which would bring the U!.S!. total in Vietnam to 675,000!. President Johnson agrees only to an extra 45,000!. By year's end, U!.S!. troop levels reach 463,000 with 16,000 combat deaths to date!. 1968 - By year's end, U!.S!. troop levels reached 495,000 with 30,000 American deaths to date!. April 30, 1975 - At 8:35 a!.m!., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam!. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance!. By 11 a!.m!., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace!. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender!. The war is over!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |