VIETNAM+SOLDIER



- The war was full of firefight. It was pitch black and the only thing to see was bullets firing.

- There were bombs and mines almost everywhere during the war.

- The US soldiers in Vietnam were mostly in patrol.

- They were watching carefully and were sometimes undercover.

- The war was very different from WW1 and 2.

- In WW1 and WW2 there were trenches with rat pack conditions.

- The experience in the Vietnam was VERY different.

- The US patrol officers were named " ground pounders ".

- About 10-12 percent of the soldiers during the war were African American.

- Also, most of the enlisted soldiers were between the ages of 20-22 years old.

- The typical backpack weighed between 35 to 70 pounds.