Post by: AngelOfThyNight on April 09, 2016, 01:03:09 PM
In terms of lives lost and the number of American military personnel wounded, the Vietnam War changed the culture of public perception throughout its 30-year span.Referred to as the United States’ longest war from 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, more than 58,000 servicemen and women died in a land more than 13,000 miles away on the other side of the world as the U.S. South Vietnam and their military partners fought the communist Viet Cong (National Liberation Front).American opinion of Vietnam shifted in the late 1960s where anti-war demonstrations grew and returning servicemen were met …
Source: ‘Welcome Home’ ceremony honors Vietnam veterans (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/21437965-113/welcome-home-ceremony-honors-vietnam-veterans?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)