Key Facts

  1. Almost 2/3 of American men served or volunteered in the Vietnam war.

  2. Vietnam vets are less likely to end up in prison while only 1/2 of Vietnam vets were thrown in jail for crimes they committed.

  3. Over the course of the years of the Vietnam war there, there was a total of 240 days in combat.

  4. Since Vietnam was so strong, the United States withdrew from the war before they lost.

  5. JFK was the first president assassinated to be assassinated during the war.