Life for civilians living under wartime conditions consists of: NO or LITTLE food, medical supplies, transportation, education, clothing, houses, post offices, police departments, or recreation areas. No personal hygiene facilities, no safe water to drink. Civilians were kept busy between trying to survive and trying to stay out of the way of two military forces trying to destroy each other.Civilian Life in The StatesIt was the 1960s and early 70s in the US, most women didn't work outside the home. They were housewives, and cooked dinner every night. Vietnam was really the first televised war, and reporters were allowed to participate to an even greater extent than they do now, accompanying soldiers on any mission they wanted to. Many families ate dinner in front of the TV every night while the news played horrific footage of the war.