VIETNAM LESSONS ESSAY
The Vietnam War has taught us many things that have even helped us in present times. We know that things aren't always as they seem, we shouldn't get into a fight that's not ours, and that we are sometimes lied to.
One lesson that we can learn from the war is that even when it looks like we're winning, it doesn't mean that we actually are winning. In the Vietnam War, it definitely looked like the United States was winning because there was a big difference when comparing the casualty rates. Two million Vietnamese died and only 58,000 Americans- that's about 34 Vietnamese for every one American.
Another lesson that the Vietnam War taught us was that we shouldn't get so involved in another country's affair. We entered this war, positive that we were going to stop the spread of communism. Once we were in the war for a long time, the American public began to dislike the war, because (1) Many men were drafted who did not want to fight, (2) Americans could......

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Title: Vietnam Lessons
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