The rare movie supporting the United States ... Stripes military newspaper. "Life is so monotonous over there that they have nothing to put in their letters." Wayne's first visit to Vietnam ...

By 1966, Vietnam’s civil war had been raging for more than a decade, and US involvement had grown from a smattering of military advisers and special forces to a sprawling army of 400,000.

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In 1995, Vietnam released official estimates of 4 million civilians and 1.1 million Viet Cong soldiers killed nationwide. The US military estimates more than 200,000 South Vietnamese troops ...

1957-1963 – North Vietnam and the Viet Cong fight South Vietnamese troops. Hoping to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States sends more aid and military advisers to ...

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the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam (some advisers and others remained), ending the United States' direct military involvement in a war that didn't officially end until 1975.