[navigator]

Of course our troops had left completely in 73 formally while our troops had done very little fighting in 70, 71, 72 & 73. The big fighting for our guys occurred in 64, 65, 66, 67 & 68.

Hogwash.

American Casualties only began to tail off noticeably the second half of 71 when Nixon's troop pullout really got some traction.

The number of Americans who died in 71 were similar to the numbers in 66. The numbers in 70 parallel those of 67. (You can check out the monthly figures for yourself.)

It's simple, American deaths went up during LBJ's troop buildup because there were more people in country each month. They went down because Nixon started withdrawals.

btw..my Vietnam service medal says we got mired there starting in 61 not 64.

[Red Jones]

thank you for that information; I was surprised to read it because I had a different impression based on readings elsewhere. I see that it didn't come off exactly as I described. Many of our military people insist the enemy withdrew resources to north vietnam after tet, but the casualty stats don't apparently support that view as well as Ithought.