[Beckwith]

Was the war in Vietnam and Korea like this where the population was so disconnected?

The draft existed during the Korean and Viet Nam Wars. That made everyone of draft age and their families involved.

The sense at home during the Korean War was more like Iraq. A far, far, war in a far, far land.

One way or another, though, everyone was involved in Viet Nam.

None of it like WW II. Ration cards for gas and butter, meatless Tuesday, couldn't buy a car for 5 or 6 years, everything was recycled, tin cans, string, rubber bands, the aluminum foil in a gum warpper. It was all war, all the time, 24/7.

If we ever had to fight another WW II I don't think we'd prevail, what with half the country in permanent appeasement mode.

[Steve Van Doorn]

”The draft existed during the Korean and Viet Nam Wars. That made everyone of draft age and their families involved.”

This is a negative involvement. This is like going to the dentist, or something you don’t want to do.

” One way or another, though, everyone was involved in Viet Nam.”

The only positive involvement during Viet Nam a citizen could do is ‘Make love not war.’ (be a hippy.) It sounds as though the war was lost at the home front by leadership not understanding citizens needs.