During the Vietnam War 195,000million-430,000million is the estimated amount of innocent civilians who died during the Vietnam War. The war affected the civilians in a number of different ways. From having to move to different countries in order to survive to mass murders in your backyard. The things these civilians faced during this time is unreal; something no one could even fathom. The Vietnam War started in 1954. It was between North Vietnam and the Vietcong (South Vietnamese communists) VS South Vietnam and America. More than 3 million people were killed including 58,000 Americans. The Vietnam War is one of the longest wars America has been a part of. It is also …show more content…
Over the years the population of Vietnamese immigrants in the US increased after the Vietnam War. There were three ways in all of immigrants that came to the US from Vietnam (Batalova, Hataipreuk). There were fewer than a thousand who actually fled successfully. The rest died from starvation, drowning, or pirates (American Relations). The first wave of migration started in 1975 due to the falling of Saigon (Batalova, Hataipreuk). A total of 125,000 refugees fled from Vietnam in hopes of finding a new place to live. They realized that Vietnam was not the place to be because they could no longer survive there. The first wave consisted mainly of political leaders, army officers, and skilled professionals (American Relations). They were considered targets due to their relationships with the government. They had to make sure that they got out alive before anything bad happened to them. The second and third wave of refugees were referred to as "boat people" due to the fact that boats were their only source of transportation they had. Unlike the first wave of refugees who were educated and rich, these were more the opposite; they came from poor rural areas. Even though the first wave had people who were more important to the government, that didn't mean that the regular civilians didn't have to worry about getting killed. No one was safe from the …show more content…
It is the only known injustice, of its kind, that U.S troops committed. There were a group of guys from the "Charlie Company" that were on a special mission that had them "search and destroy." When they were walking around the village they were ordered to kill everyone including children, women, and elders, no matter what. These U.S troops committed an act of dehumanization. For a while there was no one that knew about the massacre except for the ones who were in it. It wasn't until a year later in 1969, when a U.S soldier finally spoke out in an interview and explained what had happened (Trueman). No one knew about it because of some high ranked army officials who wanted to keep it a secret (History). If it wasn't for the soldier who spoke out, is there a chance the world would have
The Vietnam War was the longest war in U.S history and the most unpopular American war, which resulted in about 60,000 American soldiers losing their lives. As public became more aware of the war realities, a large section of public felt that there was no need for this war and America is not going gain anything. However, despite the growing protests and self- realization none of the three Presidents under whom this war took place showed the courage to declare the war close.
A little over fifty eight thousand Americans died in the Vietnam war. This number could have been decreased by a lot if only the United states were intelligent about the situation. War drafting was always argued back in the day and unfortunately the US did not take this away until the end of the war. The Vietnam war lasted roughly 20 years from 1955 to 1975. We did not put an end to drafting until 1973. The United States drafted mainly poor class people and rarely the upper class were involved. The war drafting was not the only problem going on at the time. President Richard Nixon did not want
The Hmong had a population estimated at 400,000 Hmong people, there were nearly half of a million people, before the Vietnam war. ("THE SPLIT HORN ") But after the war ended, at least 100,000 only were accounted for in the U.S.A and much more are still missing. Many of the Hmong are scattered across the southeast Asian countries. Some of the Hmong who were working for their state were transported first, they held an important role and could have been used to the U.S.A if they were needed.
As the end of the war approached in the North Vietnamese’ surrounding of the US embassy at Saigon, the tally of American lives taken by the war exceeded 50,000 people. The actual conflict was never defined
Vietnam War began in 1955 due to Communism vs anti-Communism in Vietnam. Vietnam after World War 2 was split into two, North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam was occupied by France, and North Vietnam wanted to to spread communism which were backed up by the USSR (Russia) and Communist China. South Vietnam was anti-communist, so there was conflict, and the Americans supported them because they were also anti-communist.
In the end, over 58,000 lives were lost and several more injured while Vietnam suffered over two million casualties in both
The Vietnam War was a conflict from 1954 to 1975. The war had anti-communist forces against communist forces.There were a plethora of combatants in the war but the main few were the United States, the Chinese, and the Viet Cong.
The Vietnam War began during the Cold War era. It started in 1955 and ended in 1973. The Vietnam War took place in Vietnam, and went into Laos and Cambodia. North Vietnam was backed by the People’s Republic of China and South Vietnam was backed by the United States and defiant communist allies. They both had strategies, the U.S. strategy was aimed to prevent any further conflicts whereas the leaders of North Vietnam and the Vietnam Congress wanted to reunify all of Vietnam under communist government. This resulted in war.
According to Povell, the US airlifted - or otherwise transported - 125,000 Vietnamese during the Spring of 1975, as part of “Operation New Life.” The Vietnamese immigrants were brought to US government bases
The Vietnam War, unofficially beginning on November 1st, 1955 and ending April 30th, 1975, was a key part of US history due to the countless United States soldiers that served in the war over the 8 years and 37 days that the US was involved. For the United States, the Vietnam War had over 58,000 casualties and over 300,000 wounded soldiers. Starting on March 8, 1965, the United States was tied into the losing fight overseas. These numbers are only estimates. Far more people were affected by the war, even after it ended. Hundreds of thousands of veterans committed suicide after the war due to PTSD and other impacts that the war had on them.
The Vietnam War was a direct result of the First Indochina War (1946-1954) between France and Viet Minh. A “third” Vietnam War began between North and South Vietnam but without U.S. involvement. Communist ended it in victory in April 1975. It was not a place you wanted to be.
The Vietnam War was a prolonged struggle between nationalist forces in North Vietnam trying to unify under a communist government, and the United States with the help of the South Vietnamese, trying to prevent the spread of communism. The war was fought from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975, with direct US involvement beginning in March, 1965. Many believed U.S. victory in the war was impossible. The U.S. government lost the support of the American people and felt great public pressure to succeed. In response, the government made the instinctive decision to resort to herbicidal warfare.
The Vietnam War was fought in 1959 through April 30, 1975 in order to stop the attempt of Vietnam going under a communist government. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. The U.S feared that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism then surrounding countries would also soon fall. The U.S. decided to help France defeat Ho by sending the French military soldiers to help fight the war. The United States and South Vietnamese attempted to prevent the spread of communism. The Vietnam War was very long and ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. The consequences of the war led
The Vietnam War began in 1954 and came to an end in 1975. It was a conflict that set in opposition the communist regime of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong
If you knew about the Vietnam war, you would understand why Vietnamese people who had been living in America called April is the “Black April”. Every year on the 30th of April, while Vietnamese who live in Vietnam are celebrating this day happily, the other Vietnamese immigrants, who live in the States of America as well as other countries like Canada or Australia, … are commemorating in sadly. I have this interview for my parents, Mr and Mrs Vo, who had come to the United States since 1993. Through their stories about life in America after they had settled on this soil, I then realize how racism exists and that racism is always toward to those who are not in the same color.