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Once upon a time, someone posted a link to Facts vs Myths about Vietnam. Do ya'll remember that? I've been looking for it, lately. I remember it was in the military.com site.
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http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html
http://www.ussboston.org/VietnamMyths.html
http://www.uswings.com/vietnamfacts.asp
(About one. These are more then likely true)
Myth: The war was fought largely by the poor and uneducated.
(Many college age students were draft deferred till there educations were completed. They did not have to fight till they finished or dropped out of the university.)
Myth: Most Vietnam veterans were drafted
(this was true during the later part [1967+] of the war as the call for more troops increased and it appeared there was no end in sight.)
(Our men had great courage. There enemy the Vietnamese were very tough and capable warriors. Those that opposed the war had great courage as well.)
(Items in parentheses are my comments.)
I'm surprised the total enlistment for women in the armed forces in 2001 was 15%.
The women in WW11 were not drafted, nor today but the woman of today are much closer to combat.
I would speculate that they will be a portion of the draftees the next time there is a draft and fill much the same role they are in modern day Iraq. Truck drives for instance not nurses, as in ww11. World War11 was a very different war then Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or the many other conflict we have fought since.
From this.
So, are the sources wrong, or do the sources need to be checked for accuracy?
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