THE REAL PLATOON full metal jacket we were soldiers VIETNAM WAR MUSIC VIDEO HD born on the fourth of July welcome home to all Vietnam vets thanks all gave some some gave all filmed around Vietnam . The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. Despite Paris Peace Accords, a peace treaty signed by all parties in January 1973 and Case-Church Amendment, a legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in June 1973 prohibiting further direct U.S. military intervention without Congressional authorization, the U.S. was still heavily invested in the war until 1975. The capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese army, in April 1975, marked the end of Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam platoon we were soldiers Casualties and losses Exit of the French, 19501954 South Vietnam . Kingdom of Laos . US . South Korea . Australia . New Zealand . Thailand North Vietnam & NLF . P.R. China . Soviet Union The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). a Vietnam pilots war footage of choppers and fire birds AHC Between June 1964 and December 1972 around 3500 New Zealand military personnel served in South Vietnam. In contrast to the First and Second World Wars, this country's contribution was modest. At its peak in 1968 the New Zealand force only numbered 543. Thirty-seven died while on active service and 187 were wounded. The Vietnam War − sometimes referred to as the Second Indochina War − lasted from 1959 to 1975. In Vietnam it is often referred to as the American War. It was fought between the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and its allies, and the US-backed Republic of Vietnam in the south. It ended with the defeat of South Vietnam in April 1975. Nearly 1.5 million soldiers and perhaps 2 million civilians died during the war.revival greatest hits Apocalypse Now Black Hawk Down M*A*S*H What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? mash platoon full metal jacket we were soldiers "Platoon (film)" Army Military Force Navy Air Marines Forces Soldier born on the fourth of July HD Apocalypse Now good morning Nam Vietnam battlefield search destroy call of duty military warfare helicopter Black Hawk Down greatest hits The Deer Hunter Good Morning Vietnam Hamburger Hill The Killing Fields 10,000 Day War - documentary Tigerland