Vietnam veterans

U.S. Army helicopters climb away from paratroopers of the U.S. 101st Brigade which they have dropped off in a clearing on a Mountainous jungle on March 7, 1966 northwest of Saigon during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo)

Many of the things you think you know about Vietnam turn out to be complete bullshit.

THE WALL OF FACES - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

60 percent of all casualties were 20 years old or less. Many replacements looked liked they were still in high school. While the last replacements by three months in country looked almost middle aged. I went from age 19 to age 21 years while in country.

WILLIAM JUNIOR AHART is honored on Panel 14W, Row 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. WILLIAM JUNIOR AHART is from CROWN POINT, IN and served as a SP5 in the ARMY.

1968, Tan An, Delta, Vietnam --- An American 9th Division machine gunner swathed in bullet belts smokes a cigarette. --- Image by © Tim Page/CORBIS

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66-year-old Jack Hughes was returning home from a Veterans Day event in St Louis, when he was assaulted by a group of Marines