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  • The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
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    Explore the history of the Vietnam War, including pivotal battles, milestone events, and cultural figures, only on History.com.
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  • Vietnam was, in fact, a monumental catastrophe. But not simply because it was the first major loss for the U.S., and not simply because the U.S. failed to defeat Communism
  • —its most despised enemy during the Cold War
  • Perhaps the greatest tragedy for the U.S. was not that it made mistakes or that it lost, but that it failed to accept the possibility that it might actually lose.
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    The Vietnam War Learning Guide. The Vietnam War analysis by PhD students from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley
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  • The U.S. suffered over 47,000 killed in action plus another 11,000 noncombat deaths; over 150,000 were wounded and 10,000 missing.
  • Earlier, in March 1968, the Americal Division had been involved in what became known as the My Lai Massacre, in which over 100 men, women and children were killed. Similar, even larger, atrocities were conducted by VC and NVA units—such as an NVA attack on a Buddhist orphanage at An Hoa in September 1970 or the execution of 5,000 people at Hue during the Tet Offensive—but the concept of American soldiers killing civilians in cold blood was more than many Americans could bear.
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  • It ended in disaster, with over 12 killed, 17 missing, two helicopters shot down
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    Dates Defining the Viet nam War and Era 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975. Vi e t nam War/Era Veterans - Then...
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    conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. The war began soon after the Geneva Conference provisionally divided (1954) Vietnam at 17° N lat. into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
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    Note: This timeline is an abbreviated version of the more detailed timeline posted on the Public Broadcasting System's "Vietnam Online" section of The American Experience .]
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    US riflemen from the 173rd Airborne Brigade charge toward Viet Cong positions, holding machine guns in a wooded area of War Zone D during the Vietnam War. (March 21, 1967) (Photo by U.S. Army/Getty Images) What Was the Vietnam War?
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