What happened to ARVN soldiers after the war?

After the war ARVN soldiers, especially officers, were subjected by the victorious communists to even harsher penalties than civilians, including years of forced labor and indoctrination in ‘re-education camps’. Even in death the soldiers were treated as puppets, not people.

Are there any soldiers still in Vietnam?

For instance, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the number of U.S. military and civilian personnel still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War was given as 1,621 as of March 23, 2016. Then as of December 21, 2018, the number of U.S. military and civilian personnel still unaccounted for is 1,592.

How did the ARVN become so powerful in Vietnam?

Starting in 1968, South Vietnam began calling up every available man for service in the ARVN, reaching a strength of one million soldiers by 1972. In 1970 they performed well in the Cambodian Incursion and were executing three times as many operations as they had during the American-led war period.

What happened to the ARVN after the fall of Saigon?

After the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN), the ARVN was dissolved. While some high-ranking officers had fled the country to the United States or elsewhere, thousands of former ARVN officers were sent to reeducation camps by the communist government of the new, unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Do ARVN soldiers receive money from overseas Vietnamese?

Also, the story about that ARVN soldier who did not receive any monetary help from overseas Vietnamese. That’s probably true and there are probably more cases of this – I must admit. But there are many cases of the opposite.

Do overseas Vietnamese care about Vietnamese veterans?

People raise their dogs and roosters in the open in cemetery where these soldiers are buried. Let’s forget, north or south for second and try to be human beings, these are Vietnamese soldiers at the end of the day, and they are not war criminals. Overseas Vietnamese do not care about Vietnamese veterans… We do.