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Nov 27, 2013 23:50:31 GMT -5
Post by hornet32 on Nov 27, 2013 23:50:31 GMT -5
The average age of Americans in WWII was 26- 27 in Vietnam 19 , of the 56000 + killed in VN 10% were Air Crew members of these 70% were killed in 1967-68 , 46000 killed were white , 7500 were black the rest a mixed bag , 8 women were killed in ten years all Nurses , peak American personal in Country was 532000 in 1969 , 14000 were killed '67-'68 most of those during tet , numbers is all .
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Nov 28, 2013 1:03:27 GMT -5
Post by Swampy on Nov 28, 2013 1:03:27 GMT -5
True, but they held back communism for ten years.
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Nov 28, 2013 2:24:13 GMT -5
Post by Sir John on Nov 28, 2013 2:24:13 GMT -5
"The average age of Americans in WWII was 27"
That amazes me!
SJ
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Nov 28, 2013 8:49:20 GMT -5
Post by hornet32 on Nov 28, 2013 8:49:20 GMT -5
Another source says the average age was 26 .
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Nov 28, 2013 9:12:02 GMT -5
Post by Swampy on Nov 28, 2013 9:12:02 GMT -5
Another source says the average age was 26 . Do you have a link for your sources?
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Nov 28, 2013 9:52:16 GMT -5
Post by hornet32 on Nov 28, 2013 9:52:16 GMT -5
No link just wiki or the internet , just type in average age for WWII and or VN .
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Post by dontom on Nov 28, 2013 19:33:20 GMT -5
If they want to be commie, why should we even care? But the commie stuff was more of an issue to us than them. They cared more about a united Vietnam, controlled by the north.
-Don-
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Nov 28, 2013 20:27:05 GMT -5
Post by hornet32 on Nov 28, 2013 20:27:05 GMT -5
Don for a change is correct NV was no more of a commie country than say Quebec is , the artificial line drawn in'56 was bullshit the North didn't fight the French just to have something to do they wanted them out and those in the South didn't care and didn't have their heart in it they just wanted to be left alone to grow their rice and procreate .
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Nov 28, 2013 22:08:07 GMT -5
Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Nov 28, 2013 22:08:07 GMT -5
It is amazing to to me that folks who do not even speak Vietnamese know so much about what the Vietnam people wanted....
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Nov 28, 2013 22:52:35 GMT -5
Post by hornet32 on Nov 28, 2013 22:52:35 GMT -5
The Vietnamese knew what the Americans wanted them to know and the Americans spoke English .
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Nov 28, 2013 23:22:04 GMT -5
Post by Sir John on Nov 28, 2013 23:22:04 GMT -5
"Americans spoke English ."
You sure?
SJ
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Nov 29, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5
Post by dontom on Nov 29, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5
It is amazing to to me that folks who do not even speak Vietnamese know so much about what the Vietnam people wanted.... Then listen to the North Vietnamese who speak Vietnamese. Such as Ho Chi Minh. They wanted freedom, Independence from other countries, and of course, peace, which the USA would not let them have. "The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man." --Ho Chi Minh -Don Quoteman, SSF, CA
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Nov 29, 2013 13:07:18 GMT -5
Post by dontom on Nov 29, 2013 13:07:18 GMT -5
"The average age of Americans in WWII was 27" That amazes me! SJ Why? They were in for life, unlike in Vietnam when they were out in a year. So of course the average age in ww2 will be MUCH higher. But only 27? I would have expected at least in the 30's. What age did they get drafted at? That is how you should compare. Otherwise it's just BS. -Don- SSF, CA
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Nov 29, 2013 13:17:06 GMT -5
Post by dontom on Nov 29, 2013 13:17:06 GMT -5
peak American personal in Country was 532000 in 1969 And I was one of those. I went in the largest draft call ever during the Vietnam war. Nixon said he would increase the troops to help with the withdraw. For once, a politician did not lie. He did exactly what he said he would do. But there was still some BS involved. Who was dumb enough to believe the South could defend for themselves without us being there? Nixon claimed pure BS then. I doubt if he was dumb enough to believe his own words, when he said that nonsense, when a Spec Four like me knew the war would end with the north winning a few months after we leave. There was no other possible outcome, without us being there. -Don- SSF, CA
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Nov 29, 2013 22:49:45 GMT -5
Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Nov 29, 2013 22:49:45 GMT -5
It is amazing to to me that folks who do not even speak Vietnamese know so much about what the Vietnam people wanted.... Then listen to the North Vietnamese who speak Vietnamese. Such as Ho Chi Minh. They wanted freedom, Independence from other countries, and of course, peace, which the USA would not let them have. "The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man." --Ho Chi Minh -Don Quoteman, SSF, CA And you are willing to stake your professional reputation on the validity of that translation??? You may even have believed Baghdad Bob when he announced the victory of the Iraqi forces and the vanquishing of the American imperialists....
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