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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (c. 1954–1975) was a conflict between the divided halves of Vietnam, the communist North Vietnamese and the non-communist South Vietnam. With the Soviet Union and China supporting the North, and the South aligning with the United States and the West, the war quickly became part of the larger ongoing Cold War.
However, by the mid-1960s the U.S. military’s role in the conflict had evolved from merely an advisory/assistance one to active combat; by the end of the decade, over 500,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in South Vietnam. Yet the war proved to be unpopular, and af ...more
However, by the mid-1960s the U.S. military’s role in the conflict had evolved from merely an advisory/assistance one to active combat; by the end of the decade, over 500,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in South Vietnam. Yet the war proved to be unpopular, and af ...more
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Czy przed atakiem byli oni sympatykami Wietkongu, czy też stali się nimi dopiero po nim?
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― A History of Bombing
― A History of Bombing
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Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand
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