The Vietnam War Of Vietnam

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The Vietnam War took action after the First Indochina War, in fact the Vietnam War is also known as the Second Indochina War. This war included the communist North Vietnam and its allies of the Viet Cong, the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies going against South Vietnam and its allies, the Unites States, Philippines and other anti-communist allies. It was a very long and conflicting war that actually started in 1954 and ended in 1975. The war began after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist party in North Vietnam. More than three million people were killed during the war, this included approximately 58,000 Americans and more than half of the killed were actually Vietnamese civilians. The Vietnam War ended by the communist forces giving up control of Saigon and the next year the country was then unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Many people, including both men and women were directly and indirectly involved within the war itself. Women worked many different roles in the Vietnam War, and they are most definitely not credited enough for all that they actually did.
Many women took role in the Vietnam War, although the exact number is unknown. Many think this number is anywhere from 4,000 to 15,000, which is a huge range. This includes women working as military nurses, physicians, air traffic controllers, intelligent officers, clerks and many other positions in the United States Army. Some women worked for the Unites States Army while others worked for the Air Force and even the Marines. A main part of this is that none of these women were drafted, they all volunteered to go to the battlefields. Many of the women whom volunteered for the Vietnam War were volunteering nurses.
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...o not receive the credit they deserve. This group of women is known as the civilian women in Vietnam. It actually is not known how many women are in this group, but it is known that the number is quite significant. Many of these women worked on behalf of the American Red Cross, Army Special Services, United States Organizations, Peace Corps, and varies religious groups such as Catholic Relief Services. Many of these members did not actually stay in Vietnam, many of them traveled abroad. The women who volunteered with the Army Special Services worked operating libraries, service clubs and even shops. These shops were meant to boost the enthusiasm of the military men deployed in Vietnam. Some other women would travel and work as a journalism, keeping track of the war and involvement of the soldiers. There were 59 female civilians whom actually died in the Vietnam War.

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