More than 200 Americans were reported missing in action (MIA).
Called the “American War” in Vietnam (or, in full, the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation”), the war was also part of a larger regional conflict and a manifestation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.ĭuring the conflict 766 Americans are known to have been prisoners of war (POWs), of which 114 died during captivity. The Vietnam War (19 54–1975) was a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known a s the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
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