I am curious about this because it was one of the most controversial wars in US history, there was a draft, many people opposed it, left-wing politics became more widespread during the 60's/70's, 23% of combat troops in Vietnam were black and there was a lot of racism, etc. I am wondering if there were any American soldiers who were sympathetic towards the plight of the Viet Cong, and either went awol in Vietnam or full on defected and joined the Viet Cong. Maybe this is a dumb question, but I feel like I have to ask because it wouldn't surprise me if such things had happened during this time. If there are no records of such things taking place, why didn't this happen?