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African American Soldiers During The Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War was tragic for everybody in it and around it. The Vietnam War was long and costly. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the war. Soldiers that either volunteered or were drafted, 1 out of 10 soldiers were injured or killed during Vietnam. 11,000 were woman and some were nurses, but some were translators, flight controllers and military bandleaders. 12.5% of the soldiers were African American and 85% were white. The average age for the American soldier was 21, but in WW2 the average age was 26. In Vietnam, the average infantry man saw 240 days of combat in 1 year. One in every 10 American soldiers who served in Vietnam were either killed or wounded severely. Between 1956 and 1975, 58,214 American
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