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Edward Tick collected these statistics by searching history books, newspapers, and archives, and interviewing survivors and scholars throughout the United States and Southeast Asia. Following is a partial list of his sources. In the United States: Disabled American Veterans; The New York Times; Hell, Healing and Resistance by Daniel Hallock; The Vietnam War: A History in Documents, by Young, Fitzgerald & Grunfel; Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War. In Viet Nam: Army Museum, Ha Noi; Hong Ngoc (Rosy Jade) Humanity Center, Sao Do; Research Center for Gender, Family, and Environment in Development, Ha Noi; Women's Museum, Ha Noi; War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City. THE PEOPLE |
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American Veterans |
Vietnamese People |
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In Country |
2.5 million |
est. 1970 pop. 41 million |
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In Combat |
1.5 million |
unknown |
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Killed in Action |
58,000+ |
2.5 million |
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Wounded |
300,000+* |
4 million |
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Missing in Action |
2,000+ |
250,000 |
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
1.5 million+ |
unknown |
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Suicides |
100,000+ |
unknown |
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Homeless |
150,000 nightly |
unknown |
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Boat People |
0 |
1 million (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
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Lost at Sea |
0 |
500,000 |
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Disabled Street People |
unknown |
3 million |
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New Agent Orange Deformities |
unknown |
35,000/year |
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Peacetime Deaths Due to Unexploded Bombs & Mines |
0 |
50,000+ (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
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Maimed by Bombs and Mines (1975-98) |
0 |
67,000 |
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Reeducation Camps |
0 |
400,000 in 100 camps |
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* includes U.S: 74,000 quadriplegics and multiple amputees |
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THE VIETNAMESE LAND |
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Total Herbicides Used |
19.4 million gallons |
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Agent Orange Sprayed |
11.7 million gallons |
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Mangrove Forest Destroyed |
60% |
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Forest & Jungle Destroyed |
18% |
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Cultivated Land Destroyed |
8% |
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U.S. BOMBING |
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8 billion+ pounds (4 times more than WWII total; equal to 600 Hiroshima-size bombs) |
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23 million bomb craters |
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2,257 U.S. aircraft lost |
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Over 4,000 of toal 5,778 villages bombed, 150 completely destroyed |
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DESTROYED |
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10 million cubic meters of dikes |
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815 hydroelectric works |
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1,100 lake embankments |
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8 forestries |
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48 agricultural research centers with 6,000 agricultural machines and 46,000 water buffalo |
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400 factories |
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18 power stations |
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13,000 boats |
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15,100 bridges |
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2,923 high schools and universities |
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350 hospitals |
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1,500 maternity hospitals |
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484 churches |
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465 pagodas |
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240,540 thatched huts |
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TOTAL COST TO THE UNITED STATES: |
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$925 Billion |
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