Three Myths About the Vietnam War Most People Still Believe

Let’s clear these up once and for all

“The Three Soldiers” statue, Washington, D.C. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Next January will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of American involvement in the Vietnam War. In addition to remaining one of the most unpopular conflicts in U.S. history, the history of the war has been the victim of some key revisions over the past five decades, all of them erroneous. Three in…