what was life expectancy for ground soldiers in vietnam and helicopter pilots for vietnam?

Answer 1

In many places it was 12 days.

Answer 2

War is clearly a necessary component of capitalist growth. 20th century wars have been imperialist wars, mostly of choice. And the choices are constrained by the nature of surplus value, i.e., profit. Capitalists seldom invest in war without capital gain in mind. The military industrial complex and its corporate takeover of the State must always make a profit. War does that. In the never-ending search for surplus value, capitalist enterprise manufactures new markets that require new things, and war is a huge market. Commodification continues until the ability to manufacture most goods is exported, i.e., outsourced to the cheapest labor pool. What are the unemployed and under-employed working class of then supposed to do? The capitalist has the answer: manufacture wars that require billions, and even trillions of dollars to execute and hire through an economic draft the cannon fodder to execute it. What does it matter to the capitalist how much devastation and collateral damage is created? The twentieth century offers many examples of how insignificant the working class is to the ruling elite.

Answer 3

The shortest life expectancy for door gunners was eleven seconds based on one of them being killed when he came out of the planes doorway and the airport was hit with a rocket attack. That boy had no luck at all!

Answer 4

about 69 years, remember life expectancy is only figured for large populations. therefor an infantryman in vietnam and a male librarian that did not smoke were the same.Statistics can prove ANYTHING

Answer 5

Heres some VA numbers that might help.