Misconceptions about the 1970s Vietnam Opioid Epidemic
2 Pages
984 Words
From when President Eisenhower gave his âDomino Effectâ speech in 1954, to the fall of Saigon in 1975, the U.S. military had been inserted into Vietnam in order to fight off the communist forces at war with South Vietnam. Although the Vietnam conflict was never considered a real war, nearly 60,000 U.S. soldiers were killed in battle. Americaâs involvement went...