2025年1月18日 · The accompanying text is excerpted from his In Their Defense: U.S. Soldiers in the Vietnam War. The American servicemen who fought and died to prevent the disaster that befell the 35 million people in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had nothing to apologize for in their noble sacrifice in Indochina.

On July 27, 1964, 5,000 additional U.S. military advisers were ordered to the Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam), bringing the total American troop level to 21,000. Shortly thereafter an incident occurred off the coast of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) that was destined to escalate the conflict to new levels and lead ...

In the early years of the war, some U.S. soldiers expected the South Vietnamese people to greet them as heroes. Instead, the local farmers and villagers usually viewed the Americans with distrust or even hostility.

2021年5月13日 · During the Vietnam War, relatives of Danielle Ngo pose for a photo in the early 1970s in South Vietnam. Ngo is being held by her aunt, Tuong Van, on the far right. Ngo said they were among...

2025年1月23日 · The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.

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.

2025年1月2日 · This chapter examines the built environment of the Vietnam War and its relationship to soldier morale for American, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and revolutionary forces. In the early 1960s, American officials relied on improvisation and adaptation to create spaces from which to manage nation-building initiatives.

American infantrymen search the trees for Viet Cong snipers during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, South Vietnam, 1967. – Photo Courtesy of Military History. The soldiers involved in this conflict were often silenced after their return to the United States due to strong anti-war protests.

The Vietnam War was the second-longest war in United States history, after the war in Afghanistan. Promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration.

For nearly a decade, American combat soldiers fought in South Vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in Southeast Asia. After U.S. troops departed in 1973, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 prompted a lasting …