![]() ![]() He wrote this essay with his wife, Susan Eisenhower (President Dwight D. ![]() Sagdeev, the former head of the Russian Space Research Institute, now is the director of the University of Maryland’s East-West Space Science Center. Sagdeev spent a large part of his career viewing NASA from the Soviet Union’s side of the Cold War divide. Here, writer Jem Duducu, author of a new historical novel set during the Vietnam War, shares seven lesser-known facts about the conflict.By Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland, and Susan Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Institute Marches took place around the world, including London, Paris and West Berlin. The Papers consisted of 47 volumes and 7,000 pages.Ģ58 The Medal of Honour, the highest US military decoration, was awarded 258 times to men serving in Vietnam: 172 to the Army, 57 to Marines, 15 to the Navy and 14 to the Air Force.ħ million More than 7 million tons of bombs were dropped on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia throughout the conflict.ġ trillion Although only an estimate, it is thought the US spent $140 billion in the Vietnam War, which works out at over 1 trillion dollars in today's money.ĥ00,000 In the largest anti-war rally, 500,000 descended on Washington DC for the Moratorium March on 15 November 1969. It passed the House of Representative 414-0 and got through the Senate 88-2.Ĥ7 The Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of US involvement in Vietnam, was leaked to the press in 1971. More than 35,000 of those who died were aged 21 or under.Ģ When Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, there were only two dissenting votes. 19 The average age of the American soldier in Vietnam was 19 (compared to 26 in World War II). ![]()
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