Vietnam War body count controversy
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title:
Vietnam War body count controversy
text:
The Vietnam War body count controversy centers on the counting of enemy dead by the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War (1955–1975). There are issues around killing and counting unarmed civilians (non-combatants) as enemy combatants, as well as inflating the number of actual enemy who were killed in action (KIA). For search and destroy operations, as the objective was not to hold territory or secure populations, victory was assessed by having a higher enemy body count.
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Counting of enemy dead by the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_body_count_controversy
date created:
2018-06-28T01:36:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T17:19:01Z
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