1965-1973+Summer+Ritchie

In the year 1964,the Northen Vietnamese apparantly attacked two US destroyers.In the year 1965,the US began regularly bombing the Northen railroads,bridges and oil facilities also the HaiPhong harbor.With the Vietong attack of a US base in Pleiku,the Americans were now fully involved and Operation Fully dart came next.In April of 1965,Johnson was all set to Americanize this Vietnam war and sent 40 thousand troops.By mid June,Johnson was told to send in more troops to prevent South Vietnam's collaspe.The Americans had plunged right into the war which was better than facing defeat.

About 58,200 Americans were killed in the war and 304,000 were wounded out of the 2.59 million that served the war.The estimate age of the dead and injured was 23.11 years.During the war,the debt was increased by 146 billion.After the war,Indonesia,Singapore,Thailand,Malaysia,and the Philipines stayed free of communism.70% of the veterans say they would of served again.90% said they were glad they served in the war.Almost 11,500 were under twenty.500,000 of Vietnamese were killed and almost a million had injuries.Alomst 2/3 of the men serving were volunteers.

America spent millions on the war.And thousands were killed and wounded and some even paralyzed.The Vietnamese have to still deal with an economy that is depleted and their country is a mess.Even today,their lands are scattered with land mines,unexploded bombs.Their marshlands and jungles have all been destroyed by chemicals like Agent Orange and Napalm.Most of the Vietnamese monuments were destroyed in the war and millions became homeless.

Good. 92-CP