# How are Americans taught about Vietnam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-americans-taught-about-vietnam/706129>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-americans-taught-about-vietnam/706129 "2014-12-02T15:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![hyperspaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hyperspaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperspaz)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-americans-taught-about-vietnam/706129/61 "2014-12-13T05:56:39Z")

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Wait, you think they actually teach history in U.S. schools? No way! We need that time for diversity appreciation training!

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**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-americans-taught-about-vietnam/706129/62 "2014-12-13T07:10:51Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> If history has taught us anything, it’s that our current inescapable military adventures are an example of history repeating itself, which nobody knows because it isn’t covered in history class.

Hey we ain’t got time for that here in Virginia. We’re all about state history.

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