America in VietnamAmerica in Vietnam

Tonkin Gulf ResolutionTonkin Gulf Resolution

Aug 1964: NVA boat fires on USS MaddoxAug 1964: NVA boat fires on USS Maddox Not hitNot hit

Maddox reports more gunfireMaddox reports more gunfire Later said they saw nothingLater said they saw nothing

LBJ orders bombing strikes on N. VietnamLBJ orders bombing strikes on N. Vietnam Asks Congress for military authorityAsks Congress for military authority

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Robert McNamara: Sec of Robert McNamara: Sec of DefenseDefense

Dean Rusk: Sec of StateDean Rusk: Sec of State

US EscalationUS Escalation

1965: 180,000 US soldiers in Vietnam1965: 180,000 US soldiers in Vietnam

Gen. Westmoreland calls for more troopsGen. Westmoreland calls for more troops Says ARVN can’t fight very wellSays ARVN can’t fight very well

500,000 troops by 1967500,000 troops by 1967

Jungle FightingJungle Fighting

Hit and run guerilla warfareHit and run guerilla warfare

Hiding in cities, spies everywhereHiding in cities, spies everywhere

Tunnels throughout the countryTunnels throughout the country

Booby traps all over the jungleBooby traps all over the jungle

American tacticsAmerican tactics

Use of napalm to firebomb the junglesUse of napalm to firebomb the jungles

Agent Orange: Leaf killing toxinAgent Orange: Leaf killing toxin Cancer-causing agentCancer-causing agent

Search and destroy missionsSearch and destroy missions Destroy villages with suspected NVA spiesDestroy villages with suspected NVA spies

War becomes unpopularWar becomes unpopular

Protest movements sprout upProtest movements sprout up

College youth and left-leaning AmericansCollege youth and left-leaning Americans

Protests became resistanceProtests became resistance

LBJ doesn’t run in ‘68LBJ doesn’t run in ‘68

He is unpopular, war is unpopularHe is unpopular, war is unpopular

Robert Kennedy runs for presidentRobert Kennedy runs for president Going to win Democratic nominationGoing to win Democratic nomination Assassinated in Los AngelesAssassinated in Los Angeles

Nixon defeats VP HumphreyNixon defeats VP Humphrey

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““Peace with honor”Peace with honor”

Slow pull out of VietnamSlow pull out of Vietnam 1968: 500,000 troops1968: 500,000 troops 1972: 25,000 troops1972: 25,000 troops

USA pulls out of the war, 1973USA pulls out of the war, 1973

South falls to the communists, 1975South falls to the communists, 1975