The Vietnam Conflict:
-Key Players
-North Vietnam
-Vietcong
-Ho Chi Minh
-South Vietnam
-United States
Ho Chi Minh:
-Went to try and get independence from France in the conference
1964 was a turning point
-gulf of tonkin resolution
-a US ship was "attacked"
-we started sending combat troops
1966-1967
-more combat troops
1968
-Tet Offensive
-Lunar New Year
-the vietcong came out of the jungle and launched a major offensive
-US crushed the vietcong
-Mai Lai Massacre March-1968
-US soldiers killed 504 Vietnamese civilians
-dead civilians included 50-aged 3, 69 between 4 and 7, 27 in their 70s or 80s
-women were raped and bodies mutilated
1969
-Nixon President
-Calls for end end of war
1970-1972
_Nixon bombs Laos and Cambodia-->destroy Ho Chi Minh trail
1973
-US pulls out of Vietnam-->"Peace with Honor"
1975
-All of Vietnam become communist
Draft Dodgers:
-Went to Canada or Sweden
-went to college (student deferment)
-got married
-medically unfit for service
-joined National Guard or Peace Corps
-Claimed to be homosexual
-Being Rich
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