Longest military engagement in US history (11 years) (although war was never
actually declared)
By the formal end of the engagement in 1973 over 3.5 million troops had served
in Southeast Asia.
"Draftees" accounted for 38% of all American troops in Vietnam. Over 12% of the
draftees were college graduates.
An estimated 70,000 draft evaders and "dodgers" were living
in Canada by 1972.
More than 2,000,000 people (including 58,000 Americans) died over the course
of the war, about half of them civilians. Over 153K wounded
Over 47K vietnamese troops were killed.
3-1/2 times the tonnage of bombs was dropped than in WWII