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Why are we here? What are we fighting for? These were two very common questions coming from the American troops as well as the American public during the Vietnam War. Unlike other wars where the troops new what they were fighting for, the Vietnam War didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to the American troops who were over there fighting. In both World Wars, the military felt like they were fighting for a purpose and the people back in America honored them for their courage, but in the Vietnam War, the people in America felt like the actions taken place by the military over in Vietnam, such as massacres, were vicious and absurd. Through the political news, America felt like their troops were not protecting the America society in an honorable way and they didn't see the Vietnam Veterans as the Veterans that returned from previous wars.
The American people probably saw many things done differently in Vietnam War than other wars in the way that their military fought.......

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