Question

Which statement most correctly describes the treatment of African Americans during the Vietnam War?

1. African American soldiers were never placed in combat situations and typically found themselves serving in janitorial or kitchen work.
2. African American soldiers were eliminated from being called on during the draft and did not have to serve during the Vietnam War.
3. African American soldiers typically received combat assignments and rarely received training that promoted their military career.
4. African American soldiers were often promoted to leadership positions due to the vigorous fighting spirit of their segregated units.

Answer 1

the anser is the number 1

Answer 2

Answer:

1. African American soldiers were never placed in combat situations and typically found themselves serving in janitorial or kitchen work.

Explanation:

The first part of the Vietnam War revealed that the US government and army saw African-American troops as cannon fodder. Blacks made up 12 percent of the US civilian population. but they were 22 percent of the loss of life in the first years of the war. These numbers changed only when this disproportionate allocation of black soldiers became a big issue in the civil rights movement, in the Black Power movement and within the army itself.

Black soldiers often led the acts of resistance and refused to serve. For these actions, along with systematic racism in the US military, Long Binh prison, a military prison, was disproportionately black. More than 700 prisoner soldiers were put in a space for 400 people, with some in transport boxes due to lack of space.