Incredible Photo Of Vietnam War Revealed

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Rare Photo Of VIETNAM WAR
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ABOUT THE WAR

The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war began in 1954 (though conflict in the region stretched back to the mid-1940s), after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the backdrop of an intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union.  More than 3 million people (including 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War; more than half were Vietnamese civilians. By 1969, at the peak of U.S. involvement in the war, more than 500,000 U.S. military personnel were involved in the Vietnam conflict. Growing opposition to the war in the United States led to bitter divisions among Americans, both before and after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. In 1975, communist forces seized control of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.

UNBELIEVABLE FACTS ABOUT VIETNAM WAR

  1. 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975.
  2. 58,148 were killed in Vietnam.
  3. 75,000 were severely disabled.
  4. 23,214 were 100% disabled.
  5. 5,283 lost limbs.
  6. Of those killed, 61% were younger than 21.
  7. Of those killed, 17,539 were married.
  8. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old.
  9. The oldest man killed was 62 years old.
  10. As of January 15, 2004, there are 1,875 Americans still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.
  11. 87% of Americans hold Vietnam Veterans in high esteem.

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