The Vietnam War began after the First Indochina War, in fact the Vietnam War is also known as the Second Indochina War. This war included communist North Vietnam and its Viet Cong allies, the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies clashing with South Vietnam and its allies, the United States, the Philippines, and other anti-communist allies. It was a very long and contentious war, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The war began after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist party in North Vietnam. More than three million people were killed during the war, including approximately 58,000 Americans, and more than half of the victims were actually Vietnamese civilians. The Vietnam War ended with Communist forces relinquishing control of Saigon, and the following year the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Many people, including men and women, were directly and indirectly involved in the war itself. Women served in many different roles during the Vietnam War, and they definitely don't get enough credit for everything they actually did. Many women took part in the Vietnam War, although the exact number is unknown. Many think this number is between 4,000 and 15,000, which is a huge range. This includes women who work as military nurses, doctors, air traffic controllers, intelligence officers, clerks, and many other positions in the United States military. Some women worked for the United States Army while others worked for the Air Force and even the Marines. The main part of this is that none of these women were drafted, but they all volunteered to go to the battlefields. Many of the women who volunteered for the Vietnam War were volunteer nurses. During the period... middle of the paper... they didn't get the credit they deserve. This group of women is known as civilian women in Vietnam. It is actually unknown how many women are part of this group, but it is known that the number is quite significant. Many of these women worked on behalf of the American Red Cross, Army Special Services, United States organizations, the Peace Corps, and various religious groups such as Catholic Relief Services. Many of these members actually did not stay in Vietnam, many of them traveled abroad. Women who volunteered with the Army Special Services worked running libraries, service clubs, and even stores. These stores were intended to increase the enthusiasm of servicemen deployed in Vietnam. Some other women would travel and work as journalists, keeping track of the war and soldiers' involvement. There were 59 civilian women who actually died in the Vietnam War.