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Transcript of CHAPTER 30, SECTION 2 U.S. INVOLVEMENT AND ESCALATION IN VIETNAM, 1965-68.
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CHAPTER 30, SECTION 2
U.S. INVOLVEMENT AND ESCALATION IN VIETNAM,
1965-68
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VOCABULARY
ROBERT McNAMARA DEAN RUSK WILLIAM WESTMORELAND M.A.C.V. NAPALM AGENT ORANGE SEARCH-AND-DESTROY MISSION CREDIBILITY GAP
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AMERICA ESCALATES IN VIETNAM
1964 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:– DEMOCRATS: LBJ– REPUBLICAN: SEN. BARRY GOLDWATER (AZ)– GOLDWATER: VIEWED BY SOME AS TOO
CONSERVATIVE EX: SOME BELIEVED HE WANTED WAR W/ USSR LBJ CAMPAIGN PORTRAYS HIM AS “WAR
HAWK”(DEFINE) EX: LBJ CAMPIAGN TV ADS
– LBJ CLAIMS HE OPPOSES SENDING COMBAT TROOPS TO V-NAM ; SEE QUOTE, P. 890
– LBJ WINS ELECTION
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ESCALATION
1964: CONGRESS PASSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION– LBJ STILL DOESN’T WANT TO SEND U.S. GROUND FORCES
INTO V-NAM– SEE QUOTE, TOP P. 890
MARCH, ’65: – LBJ ORDERS U.S. GROUND FORCES TO V-NAM– BY END OF YEAR, 180,000 COMBAT FORCES IN V-NAM– WHY?
FEAR OF COMMUNIST EXPANSION IN 3rd WORLD NATIONS CONTAINMENT / DOMINO THEORY
QUESTION: WAS LBJ’s DECISION TO SEND U.S. FORCES TO V-NAM ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS HAD DONE?
WHAT DID AMERICANS THINK?– 1965 SURVEY / POLL:
61% SUPPORT LBJ’S V-NAM POLICY 24% OPPOSED TO LBJ’S V-NAM POLICY
– CONFLICTING VIEWS: UNDERSEC. OF STATE GEORGE BALL: OPPOSED TO SENDING
TROOPS SEC. OF STATE DEAN RUSK: SUPPORTS SENDING TROOPS
(SEE QUOTE, P. 890)
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ROBERT McNAMARA Secretary of Defense, 1961- 67
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ESCALATION (CONT’D.)
GEN. WILLIAM WESTMORELAND– 1964: TAKES COMMAND OF M.A.C.V.
(COMMAND OF U.S. FORCES IN V-NAM)– M.A.C.V.: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam– 1965: REQUESTS MORE TROOPS– LATE ’65: 180,000 TROOPS DEPLOYED TO V-
NAM– WESTMORELAND REQUESTS MORE TROOPS– WHY? SEE QUOTE, P. 890– 1967: U.S. TROOP #s REACH 500,000
U.S. TROOPS #s EVENTUALLY REACH 540,000 IN MID-1969
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Gen. William Westmoreland, Gen. Vo Ngyuen Giap,
Commander, U.S. Forces Commander, NVA / VC
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The Ho Chi Minh
Trail
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NVA Trucks on the
Ho Chi Minh Trail
NVA soldiers helping
supply trucks
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COMBAT IN VIETNAM
U.S. APPROACH TO WAR:– SUPERIOR WEAPONRY / TECHNOLOGY WOULD WIN
WAR– COMMUNIST FORCES WERE NOT WELL ENOUGH
EQUIPPED OR TRAINED TO WIN– V-NAMESE HAD NEVER FOUGHT AS POWERFUL A
NATION LIKE THE U.S. QUESTION: WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH
AMERICAN BIAS GOING INTO THE WAR? COMMUNIST APPROACH TO WAR:
– USE KNOWLEDGE OF TERRAIN TO ADVANTAGE– USE SUPPORT OF CITIZENS TO ADVANTAGE– CASUALITES / BODY COUNT MEAN NOTHING– USE GUERRILLA TACTICS TO WEAR DOWN U.S.– ADAPT / IMPROVISE WEAPONRY, METHODS TO
OVERCOME TECHNOLOGY DISADVANTAGE– SEE VC TUNNEL MAP, P. 891– SEE QUOTE, P. 891
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VIETNAM WAR INFANTRY U.S. Army Infantry N.V.A. Infantry V.C. Infantry
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U.S. INFANTRY LEADER, VIETNAM1967
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OLIVER STONE,U.S. ARMY,VIETNAM,1968
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AK – 47 ASSAULT RIFLE
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ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG)
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A WAR OF ATTRITION DEFINE: “ WAR OF ATTRITION” WHY WAS VIETNAM A “WAR OF ATTRITION”? WESTMORELAND’S VIEW OF THE WAR:
– AS THE BODY COUNT INCREASES, SURRENDER WILL BE MORE LIKELY
– SEARCH-AND-DESTROY MISSIONS COULD INCREASE THE BODY COUNT
– U.S. FORCES HAD TO WIN THE “HEARTS AND MINDS” OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION
PROBLEMS:– VC GUERILLA WARFARE IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH– U.S. SEARCH-AND-DESTROY MISSIONS OFTEN ALIENATE
CIVILIANS EX.: NAPALM ATTACKS, AGENT ORANGE, VILLAGE ATTACKS
– HIGH NUMBERS OF WAR REFUGEES (AT LEAST 3 MIL.)– U.S. TROOP MORALE DETERIORATES: WHY?
U.S. TACTICS DON’T APPEAR TO BE WINNING CORRUPTION OF ARVN / S.V-NAM GOV’T. “FRAGGING” INCIDENTS OCCUR AVAILABILITY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS ( MARIJUANA, HEROIN,
ETC.) CAUSES PROBLEMS
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THE FULLBRIGHT HEARINGS
WHEN? 1966 WHO? SEN. J. WILLIAM FULLBRIGHT, D., ARK. WHAT? TELEVISED SENATE HEARRINGS SUBJECT?
– U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM– WAS LBJ’s ADMINISTRATION BEING HONEST W/ THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM?
– DID LBJ’s ADMINISTRATION DECEIVE CONGRESS ABOUT THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT?
RESULT? – FULLBRIGHT ACCUSES LBJ w/ A “LACK OF CANDOR”
ABOUT THE WAR– “CREDIBILITY GAP” FOR LBJ WORSENS
BIG QUESTION: IS THE GOV’T . LYING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WAR?
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SENATORJ. WILLIAM FULLBRIGHTDEMOCRAT, ARKANSAS
CHAIRMAN,SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
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U.S. ARMY
INFANTRY ON PATROL,
VIETNAM - 1967
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STANDARD INFANTRY WEAPONS, VIETNAM U.S. ARMY / U.S. MARINES M-16 A1 Service Rifle M-16 A1 with
M203 Grenade Launcher
M-60 Machine Gun M79 Grenade Launcher
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TRAINING &
MAINTENANCE
MANUAL, 1969
M-16 A1 RIFLE
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MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, USSR
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AK – 47
Automata Kalashnikova,1947
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VIETNAM TUNNELS TODAY
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HUEYs IN ACTION,
VIETNAM, U.S. ARMY
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U.S. “HUEY” HELICOPTER
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U.S. “COBRA” ATTACK HELICOPTER
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U.S.A.F. B-52 BOMBER
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DAMAGE TO THE GREAT SOCIETY
WAR ESCALATION BROUGHT INCREASED COSTS U.S. ECONOMY SUFFERED – INFLATION GROWS 1967: LBJ ASKS CONGRESS FOR TAX INCREASE TO
CONTROL INFLATION BUT…CONGRESS WON’T APPROVE TAX INCREASE
W/OUT $6 BILLION REDUCTION IN GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS
LBJ SUFFERS “CREDIBILITY GAP”:– WAR IS A “LIVING ROOM WAR”- NIGHTLY MEDIA COVERAGE
EXPOSES PROBLEMS IN WAR– GREAT SOCIETY PROMISES ARE NOT BEING MET– 1965 – 66: 16,000 U.S. KIA
“THE PROMISES OF THE GREAT SOCEITY HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF VIETNAM”
-MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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VIETNAM ERA QUOTES “I AM NOT ABOUT TO SEND AMERICAN BOYS 9
OR 10,000 MILES AWAY FROM HOME TO DO WHAT ASIAN BOYS OUGHT TO BE DOING FOR THEMSELVES” – LBJ, 1964
“THE ARVN CANNOT STAND UP TO THIS PRESSURE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL U.S. COMBAT SUPPORT ON THE GROUND. THE ONLY POSSIBLE RESPONSE IS THE AGGRESSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. TROOPS” - GEN. WESTMORELAND, 1965
“ THE MORE THE AMERICANS TRIED TO DRIVE US AWAY FROM OUR LAND, THE MORE WE BURROWED INTO IT” - MAJOR NGUYEN QUOT, VC
“YOU CAN KILL TEN OF MY MEN FOR EVERY ONE I KILL OF YOURS, BUT EVEN AT THOSE ODDS, YOU WILL LOSE AND I WILL WIN” – HO CHI MINH
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VIETNAM ERA QUOTES “IF I HAD THOUGHT THEY WOULD TAKE THIS
PUNISHMENT AND FIGHT THIS WELL, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY AT THE START” – ROBERT McNAMARA, 1967
“THE COMMUNISTS WERE PREPARED TO GO ON AND ON, AND THEY HAD FACTORED THEIR HUMAN COSTS INTO THE EQUATION” – STANLEY KARNOW
“JUST REMEMBER THIS: COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS HIDE AMONG THE PEOPLE. IF YOU WIN THE PEOPLE OVER TO YOUR SIDE, THE COMMUNIST GUERILLAS HAVE NO PLACE TO HIDE.” - EDWARD LANDSDALE, U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
“WE HAD TO DESTROY THE VILLAGE IN ORDER TO SAVE IT” – U.S. ARMY OFFICER, BEN TRE, 1968
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VIETNAM ERA QUOTES
“WE’RE FIGHTING TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE, AND THEY’RE FIGHTING EACH OTHER” – U.S. GOV’T. OFFICIAL, 1966
“VICTORY LIES WITHIN OUR GRASP – THE ENEMY’S HOPES ARE FADING” – GEN. WESTMORELAND, 1967
“WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL” – ROBERT McNAMARA, 1967
“I WANT TO GET OUT, BUT I DON’T WANT TO GIVE IN” – AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE
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LBJ CARTOON -
LBJ SHOWING THE
SCAR VIETNAM HAS
LEFT ON HIM
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