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Vietnam
Moving Towards Conflict
CommunismDomino TheoryN. Vietnam – Communist
S. Vietnam
Moving Towards Conflict
Ho Chi Minh
U.S. Steps In
Ngo Dinh DiemVietcong – Communist opposition group
Ho Chi Minh TrailP.733
President Johnson’s Decision
Tonkin Gulf Resolution – August 7 –Congress gives Johnson broad military power
Leaders of U.S.President JohnsonRobert McNamara – Secretary of Defense
Dean Rusk – Secretary of State
William Westmoreland – American Commander
Fighting in the Jungle
Vietcong – jungle terrain, hit-and-run, and ambush tactics was all to their advantage
They also had Tunnels
Fighting in the Jungle
Fighting in the Jungle
U.S. planes dropped napalm
Agent Orange Often wounded civilians and
later Agent Orange was blame for cancer in U.S. veterans of Vietnam
Fighting in the Jungle
Tet Offensive 1968 – Attack on S. Vietnam/U.S.
P.749
Fighting in the Jungle
U.S. soldiers conducted search-and-destroy missions, uprooting civilians with suspected ties to the Vietcong, killing their livestock, and burning villages
Prisoners of War
400,000 imprisoned
War at Home
Became America’s first “living-room war”
Soldiers turned to alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs
War at Home
Draft – all males had to register with their local draft board when they turned 18
10,000 women served most being nurses
War at Home
April of 1965 march of 20,000 protested in Wash., D.C.
Doves – strongly opposed the war
Hawks – felt America should unleash military force to win
War at Home
MLK Jr. died on April 4th, was shot
Robert Kennedy – was assassinated June 5th by Sirhan Sirhan in a hotel kitchen
End of the War
Vietnamization – gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in order for the South to take more of an active role
End of the War
March of 1972 North Vietnamese launched biggest attack since Tet Offensive
Americans have final push in Dec. of 1972 dropping 100,000 bombs
End of the War
March 29, 1973 – last U.S. combat troops left for home. Vietnam War had ended
Legacy of the War
New period of violence and chaos in Southeast Asia
A controversial war in which the U.S. lost