"In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19."
This is in fact not true, the actual average age of an infantryman serving in Vietnam was actually 22.8 years.
The World War II figure is in fact correct.
Another interesting comparison between the two wars is that during WWII, the average infantryman saw about 40 days of combat in 4 years. In Vietnam, they would see 240 days of combat in 1 year. This was mostly due to the battlefield mobility that the helicopter offered the infantry...
source: www.vietnam-war.info
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