Tens of thousands of Canadians fought with the United States in the Vietnam War. Strangely enough, tens of thousands of US citizens fled to Canada to escape having to fight in Vietnam.
There are persisting stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, as psychologically devastated bitter homeless drug addicted people who had a hard time readjusting to society, primarily due to the uniquely divisive nature of the Vietnam War in the context of U.S. History. There are undoubtedly studies to back this point of view.
However this image has been battled in recent years, primarily by people such as [B. G. Burkett]?. Burkett wrote a book called Stolen Valor in which he gathered statistics attempting to prove that Vietnam Veterans were actually quite prevelant among the government and business leaders of America 30 years after the Vietnam War. Furthermore he found out that a large number of people claiming to be veterans were not. Using the [Freedom of Information Act]? and military personnell records, he found these 'fake vets' in every walk of life. From the VA hospital, to University professors, to book authors, to interviewees in serious studies of the Vietnam War, to homeless people, to veterans magazines, etc.
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