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The War's Effect on the Vietnamese Land and People
- U.S. bombing destroys farms and forests
- South Vietnamese people become refugees
- Transformation of Saigon
- Effects on the North
- Sources
- Words to Know
- Waiting for News of Death
- A Wall with Two Million Vietnamese Names
About 58,000 American soldiers were killed during the Vietnam War, and another 304,000 were wounded. Without a doubt, the war took a terrible toll on the United States. But since most of the fighting took place in Vietnam, the Vietnamese land and people paid a much heavier price for the war. An estimated 4 million Vietnamese were killed or...
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