Legacy+of+the+Vietnam+War

**Legacy in America **

More than a generation has passed since the **Vietnam War** (1958-1975), but //the// **legacy** //continues to live on today//, as it can still stir up powerful emotions among Americans. It was the longest and, arguably the most unpopular, war in the United States' history, lasting from July 1957 to May of 1975. Over 58,000 men and women of the almost 2.7 milion Americans serving in the war zone were killed. This war was different in the way it was fought and the way it was reported by the press. For the first time, Americans got to see the reality of war, and Vietnam was known as the "living room" war because real combat footage could be seen on television every night.

Soldiers returning from the war in Vietnam were were faced with even more issues at home. The growing adversity to U.S. involvement in Vietnam initiated widespread protests against the war and even the soldiers. Men and women returning home were not always being treated as heroes, but as "baby killers". One soldier said that "[he] felt the people demonstrating were not, certainly not, fully informed about troops and what the troops were going through and the difficulties of fighting the war. The biasim of the media is to blame for the way the Vietnam war, and the soldiers itself we're preceived.

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**Vietnam War Memorial Wall**

The **Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall** is a national war memorial located in Washington D.C. It honors the members of the U.S armed forces who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, and those that still remain unaccounted for. The memorial receives around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S landscape artist Maya Yin, and is a major part of the **legacy** that was left behind by the war in Vietnam.



[|www.virtualwall.org]