were there canadian troops in the vietnam war?

Answer 1

Oh yes...! as well as autralian and british.

Answer 2

Ya know, I don't think there were. I was an officer in Special Forces and tended to notice non US troops. And we trained some Canadians at Fort Bragg in the 60s and 70s in special ops and patrolling techniques, but I don't remember any in Nam. There were a number of good Aussies there, however. Were your services joined like in WWI and so maybe some of the guys I thought were Australian were actually Canadians? I can't say. We would have welcomed Canadi Ans, or Canucks.


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Answer 3

Yes, there were Canadians in the Vietnam War, only they joined as US soldiers.

"In counter-current to the movement American draft-dodgers and deserters to Canada, several thousand Canadians voluntarily joined the U.S. military and fought in Vietnam on the American side; estimates range from 3,500 to 10,000. Several thousand more Canadians joined and served with the U.S. military, but did not fight in Vietnam. One-hundred-and-ten Canadians died in Vietnam, and seven remain listed as Missing in Action. Many of these were Canadians who had long lived in the United States, Canadians with US citizenship who were drafted or had previously served in the U.S., and out-of-work Canadian ex-soldiers who had been the victims of recent government cutbacks. Still other Canadians volunteered because of ideological or moral support of the American war effort.[6] (This cross-border enlistment was not unprecedented: In both the First and the Second World War, tens of thousands of Americans had joined the Canadian forces while their homeland was still neutral. Canadian Peter C. Lemon won the U.S. Medal of Honor for his valour in the conflict.)

In Windsor, Ontario, there is a small, privately funded monument to the Canadians killed in the Vietnam War. However, many Canadian veterans returned to a society that was strongly anti-war. Unlike in the United States, there were no veterans organizations nor any help from the government. Many of them moved permanently to the United States. There has been ongoing pressure from Canadian Vietnam veterans to have their comrades' deaths to formally acknowledged by the government, especially in times of remembrance such as Remembrance Day."

Answer 4

The Vietnam war as decreed by the US and Press has always decreed it was a purely American War! However, this is absolute nonsense!

At the end of WW2 American politicians disbanded their Jungle Forces who had so aptly fought thru the Pacific campaign to the admiration of the World!

The advent of the Vietnam War, following the collapse of Indo China by French forces who always have to have their nuts pulled out the fire e.g. before WWI 1/ 2 & every other scape they get involved in there after, like Algeria, precipitated untold eventa at that period.

The only Govts with trained Jungle forces to opeate in those conditions were mainly Australian, British, Canadian, South African, Rhodesian and a host of other UK Commonwealth nations and others.

The Vietnam War, in addition to American forces, was made up of numerous soldiers from countless nations, for the most part under the Austrailian Govt,

Initially, it necessary to train American forces in the arts of Jungle warfare. It noted however the US Rangers were primarily at the front of operations in the initial stages.

Moreover, the Vietnam War also employed Mercenary brigades made up of countless numbers from other countries, not forgetting of course, men from the Foreign Legion.

One Day, some one will write the true story of Vietnam. Not forgetting the countless men of other Nations who fought in it.

Like Iraq, it was a wasteful, needles war, initiated by politicians. However, it will never detract from the gallant men who fought and served in it, from nations they came from - to fight it!

Answer 5

There were no British Service Personnel in Vietnam. There were no members of the Canadians Defense Force in Vietnam. There were none at Vung Tau. There were none in Phuc Thi Provence. And there were definitely none at Long Tan. There were none at Fire Bases "Balmoral' or 'Coral'. There were Australian 'Diggers' and New Zealand 'Kiwis.' There were a few Canadians who had enlisted in the U.S. Army, but other than them, there were no 'Pommies" or 'Canacs' in Vietnam. Good way to remember Your allies, isn't it? Try reading history books, or checking the facts with those who were there.

Answer 6

No and President Nixon called Pierre Trudeau an asshole because he wouldn't get Canada directly involved in the war there were Canadians who went to the U.S. and served in the U.S. military though.

Answer 7

I'm Canadian and remember that era well. I am not aware if the CDN military (such as it was then) was involved.

I do know that we did not have a draft as the US did. Many US lads came here to avoid the draft as they did not believe in the war and many CDN's support them.

Interesting question.

Answer 8

Yes. You can get this information off the internet.