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Very very common. But one must be careful when using that word "tour." It might be different in the Marine Corps or Navy or Air Force. In the US Army the first tour was a year (12 months). After that, they were in six month increments. Therefore, if a vet says he did 3 tours with the US Army in Vietnam, then that's only 2 years (12 months for the first tour, plus 6 months for the second tour, then 6 months for his third and last tour). And any man doing over 18 months with the US Army in Vietnam almost certainly had to have re-upped (re-enlisted), and was no longer a draftee.
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How often did soldiers fight in Vietnam?
The regular conscripted soldiers were put on 100 days tours of duty. How often they actually had to fight battles depended on where they were stationed and what their mission was.
When was colin Powell sent to fight?
Powell served two combat tours in the Vietnam war, first tour in about 1961 as a captain and the 2nd tour as a major with the 23rd infantry in 1967, wounded twice.
Was the USS Bennington CVS 20 outside Vietnam in 1964?
It's tours in Vietnam were 1965 to 1968.
Who was the first president to committ troops to Vietnam?
according to my marine boyfriend who did 3 tours in Vietnam, the president who succeeded john f. Kennedy (after he was assassinated), was lyndon b. Johnson, or "lbj,' as he called, commited our American troops to the Vietnam conflict. august 3, 1964, was the date when my boyfriend arrived for combat duty from saigon aboard the uss maddox dd731.
What US soldiers killed between four and five hundred Vietnamese citizens?
my boyfriend did 3 tours as a marine in Vietnam. he says that thousands of civilians were killed in Vietnam conflict. are you asking about a particular incident in Vietnam? he states that in 1968, as many as 500 civilians, many of them women and children, were killed in My Lai, south Vietnam. lt. William calley, was tried and convicted of this crime, called the My Lai Massacre.
