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-> being drafted into the Vietnam war
-> no war declaration but technically it is a war !!!
-> sending troops even though there's "no war" ????
-> highly ironic situation!!
-> very different land (jungle terrain, mountains, forests, rivers)
-> fighting under tough conditions
-> don't trust anyone, since you can't always tell them apart
-> the local high-ranked, wealthy people sneak out at night and go join the Viet Cong and attack the U.S
I got a letter from L. B. J.
It said this is your lucky day (...)
So we are sending you to Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson told the nation,
"(...) Though it isn't really war,
We're sending fifty thousand more,
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese."
And sank in mud up to my hips.
Never mind how hard it's raining,
Think of all the ground we're gaining,
Just don't take one step outside of town.
[The local gentry] put on their black pj's
And come lobbing mortar shells at me (...)
We go round in helicopters,
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain.
They had to get down to Saigon
And I know that Lyndon loves me so.
Yet how sadly I remember,
Way back yonder in November,
When he said I'd never have to go.
-> hard to find the Viet Cong (network of hidden and elusive tunnels)
-> Saigon was a location important in the Vietnam War.
-> referres to Johnson's promise for success in the "Great Society" not war back in November of 1963
Myth: most Vietnam veterans were drafted.
Fact: 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% of those killed in Vietnam were volunteers.
Myth: The media have reported that suicides among Vietnam veterans range from 50,000 to 100,000 – 6 to 11 times the non-Vietnam veteran population.
Fact: Mortality studies show that 9,000 is a better estimate.
Myth: disproportionate number of blacks were killed in the Vietnam War.
Fact: 86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were black, 1.2% were other races. Black fatalities amounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia.
-addressed the american citizens during the Vietnam war -Paxton criticized the "war" -best known song about the credibility gap