• There were 6 Presidents during the Vietnam War: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
• The Crew of the USS Midway pushed $10 million dollars worth of helicopters into the ocean so that a Cessna with evacuees could land safely at the end of the war.
• The Vietnam War is called “The American War” in Vietnam.
• Slinkys were used as mobile antennae by attaching them to portable radios and throwing them over tree branches to extend the reception.
• During the war 125,000 people went to Canada to avoid the draft. Half of them returned home when President Carter pardoned them.
• Agent Orange, used by the US during the war, killed or injured 400,000 people. It also caused an additional 500,000 birth defects.
• Duct Tape was used to repair helicopter rotor blades during the war
• Superglue was used to slow bleeding until the wounded could get to a hospital
• During WWII there were roughly 40 days of fighting over 4 years. During the Vietnam War there were 240 days of fighting (on average) in a single year.
• The Crew of the USS Midway pushed $10 million dollars worth of helicopters into the ocean so that a Cessna with evacuees could land safely at the end of the war.
• The Vietnam War is called “The American War” in Vietnam.
• Slinkys were used as mobile antennae by attaching them to portable radios and throwing them over tree branches to extend the reception.
• During the war 125,000 people went to Canada to avoid the draft. Half of them returned home when President Carter pardoned them.
• Agent Orange, used by the US during the war, killed or injured 400,000 people. It also caused an additional 500,000 birth defects.
• Duct Tape was used to repair helicopter rotor blades during the war
• Superglue was used to slow bleeding until the wounded could get to a hospital
• During WWII there were roughly 40 days of fighting over 4 years. During the Vietnam War there were 240 days of fighting (on average) in a single year.