Posted on Sep 3, 2017
Ken Burns never knew how wrong he was about the Vietnam War
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Ken Burns never knew how wrong he was about the Vietnam War
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I don't know if it will be in the documentary, but one of his interviews went on about race relations and how a disproportionate number of blacks were sent into combat and subsequently killed. This was not the case as the numbers corresponded almost perfectly with the black US population
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Sgt Wayne Wood
Yeah... but it depends on how you massage the numbers. Most of the folks in Vietnam were NOT draftees...
It's a numbers game...
It's a numbers game...
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Capt Seid Waddell
"25% (648,500) of total forces in country were draftees. Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam.
Overall, blacks suffered 12.5% of the deaths in Vietnam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the total population.
88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam were Caucasian; 86.3% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasian (includes Hispanics)"
http://history-world.org/vietnam_war_statistics.htm
Overall, blacks suffered 12.5% of the deaths in Vietnam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the total population.
88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam were Caucasian; 86.3% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasian (includes Hispanics)"
http://history-world.org/vietnam_war_statistics.htm
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Sgt Wayne Wood I am really looking forward to watching this. I only hope it doesn't reflect badly on us Vietnam veterans.
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I think this series is a must-watch for everyone who lived through that time period. There are very few people from back then who did not have some opinion and/or feeling about the war. Maybe this duco-series will help everyone really look at the era with a more accepting eye for the other side of the cultural divide.
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