saigon. ben sass was 3 years old in 1975. ben sass literally does not know what he is talking about. everything about vietnam was much, much worse than what has happened in the american experience in afghanistan. the total of american military personnel killed in afghanistan over 20 years equals approximately just one month of american military deaths in vietnam in may of 1968. and here is just one measure and only one measure of how much worse the american experience in vietnam was. u.s. military deaths in vietnam over roughly 13 years of active combat were 57,939. the american military deaths in afghanistan over 20 years are
the total of american military personnel killed in afghanistan, over 20 years, equals approximately just one month of american military deaths in vietnam in may of 1968. and here is just one measure, and only one measure, of how much worse the american experience in vietnam was. u.s. military deaths in vietnam over roughly 13 years of active comeback was 57,000. the american military deaths and afghanistan over 20 years worth 2448. of american military deaths alone, that figure alone, vietnam was 20 times worse than afghanistan. when we fled vietnam in defeat and disgrace the number of american families who no longer
1967, the vietnamese, and we they re allies, are involved in a total undertaking, a single all, pervading confrontation in which the fate of the people of vietnam. as well as the reputation in the very honor of our country are at stake. at one in the same time, we must fight the enemy, protect the people, and help them build a nation in the pattern of their choice. i was in high school, when general said that. and i knew that that was completely impossible. it was easier, to be smarter, then the commander of our forces in vietnam, if you went to high school 1967. as anti war protests rose all over the country, demanding an immediate withdrawal from vietnam. more americans in vietnamese were being killed, every month. in may of 1968 alone, it let one month, 2414 american
choice. i was in high school when general westmoreland said that and i knew that that was completely impossible. it was easier to be smarter than the commander of our forces in vietnam if you were in high school in 1967. as anti-war protests grew, more americans and vietnamese were being killed every month. in may of 1968 alone, 2,214 american soldiers were killed in vietnam. that one-month total in vietnam is close to the total of the 20 years of american military killed in afghanistan. as the vietnam war raged on, anti-war protests grew larger and louder, demanding the immediate american withdrawal from vietnam and in 1959 the president of the united states
100 people packed up and shipped out of marks, mississippi. they left in a caravan of about 15 covered wagons, pulled by mules, headed for atlanta in may of may of 1968. once they made it they put the whole thing, the people, wagons and mules, everything on to a train which took them to washington d.c. they marched through the streets of the nation s capital, up to the mall, they wanted justice for the poor, they wanted reform, they wanted change for people living in poverty in america and people in their small rural mississippi town. the demonstration that started with a handful of people snowballed into a demonstration on washington. 3,000 people set up camp on the mall for six weeks in the summer of 68 demanding economic justice. this movement was the brainchild of dr. martin luther king jr. planning that car van was one of