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s -- every color, every creed, rich, poor, officer and enlisted -- who served with just as much patriotism and honor as any before you. Let’s never forget that most of those who served in Vietnam did so by choice.�So many of you volunteered.�Your country was at war, and you said, “send me.”�That includes our women in Vietnam -- every one of you a volunteer.�Those who were drafted, they, too, went and carried their burden -- you served; you did your duty.

You persevered though some of the most brutal conditions ever faced by Americans in war. The suffocating heat. The drenching monsoon rains. An enemy that could come out of nowhere and vanish just as quickly. Some of the most intense urban combat in history, and battles for a single hill that could rage for weeks.� … So let us also speak of your courage -- at Hue and Khe Sanh, at Tan Son Nhut and Saigon, from Hamburger Hill to Rolling Thunder. All too often it's forgotten that you, our troops in Vietnam, won every major battle you fought in.

––President Barack Obama
2012

What does President Obama say about US troops and the fighting conditions they faced?

Americans were brave to keep fighting when they lost so many battles.

They showed determination against a foe who refused to fight major battles.

They showed bravery fighting in difficult conditions against a tough opponent.

Doing all their fighting in hot, wet jungles was difficult.

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They showed bravery fighting in difficult conditions against a tough opponent.

(Obama describes "suffocating heat," "drenching monsoon rains," an enemy that "could come out of nowhere and vanish," and calls for speaking of the troops' courage.)