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 | ||
American Veterans | Vietnamese People | |
In Country | 2.5 million | est. 1970 pop. 41 million |
In Combat | 1.5 million | unknown |
Killed in Action | 58,000+ | 2.5 million |
Wounded | 300,000+* | 4 million |
Missing in Action | 2,000+ | 250,000 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | 1.5 million+ | unknown |
Suicides | 100,000+ | unknown |
Homeless | 150,000 nightly | unknown |
Boat People | 0 | 1 million (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
Lost at Sea | 0 | 500,000 |
Disabled Street People | unknown | 3 million |
New Agent Orange Deformities | unknown | 35,000/year |
Peacetime Deaths Due to Unexploded Bombs & Mines | 0 | 50,000+ (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
Maimed by Bombs and Mines (1975-98) | 0 | 67,000 |
Reeducation Camps | 0 | 400,000 in 100 camps |
* includes U.S: 74,000 quadriplegics and multiple amputees | ||
THE VIETNAMESE LAND | ||
Total Herbicides Used | 19.4 million gallons | |
Agent Orange Sprayed | 11.7 million gallons | |
Mangrove Forest Destroyed | 60% | |
Forest & Jungle Destroyed | 18% | |
Cultivated Land Destroyed | 8% | |
U.S. BOMBING | ||
8 billion+ pounds (4 times more than WWII total; equal to 600 Hiroshima-size bombs) | ||
23 million bomb craters | ||
2,257 U.S. aircraft lost | ||
Over 4,000 of toal 5,778 villages bombed, 150 completely destroyed | ||
DESTROYED | ||
10 million cubic meters of dikes | ||
815 hydroelectric works | ||
1,100 lake embankments | ||
8 forestries | ||
48 agricultural research centers with 6,000 agricultural machines and 46,000 water buffalo | ||
400 factories | ||
18 power stations | ||
13,000 boats | ||
15,100 bridges | ||
2,923 high schools and universities | ||
350 hospitals | ||
1,500 maternity hospitals | ||
484 churches | ||
465 pagodas | ||
240,540 thatched huts | ||
TOTAL COST TO THE UNITED STATES: | ||
$925 Billion | ||
