Vietnam-
- 1950-1975
- US pulled out in '74
- US Goals-
- stop the spread of communism
- North Vietnam-
- wanted to unify Vietnam
- French Connection-
- colony of France
- During ww2 Japan took over
- France didn't give Vietnamese their freedom
- France lost Vietnam in '54
- Korean War had just ended
- Ho Chi Minh-
- Tried to get Vietnam's freedom in the 1800s
- Allie in ww2
- enemy during Vietnam
- Geneva Conference-1954-
- Untied nations had conference in Switzerland
- Vietnam split at 17th parallel
- North Communist lead by ho chi minh
- South not communist lead by Dinh Dien
- supposed to be an election
- didn't happen
- Dinh Dien-
- French educated
- Catholic
- rich
- discriminated against the Buddhist
- Who fought-
- US armed Forces
- South Vietnam
- vs.
- North Vietnam
- Vietcong (Southern Vietnamese guerrilla warfare fighter who wanted communism)
- Escalation- Truman through Johnson-
- Truman began US involvement by sending money to help the french
- Eisenhower continued US support by sending military advisers and money
- JFK continued sending advisers as well as special operations
- Johnson sent troops
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-
- Several US ships were supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese torpedoes in the gulf of Tonkin
- Johnson
- lied to the US people
- government lied to the US people
- Government worried that communism would spread if US left Vietnam
- US hoped that we could bomb him into agreeing
- '68 when people started protesting the war
- Anti War-
- Tet offensive
- pentagon papers
- Injuring/killing innocent people (My Lai Massacre)
- Supporting bad government in the south
- power of the press
- Napalm Attack
- Kent St. Massacre-
- in Ohio
- Students protesting war
- students started science building on fire
- National guard was called in
- National guard was surrounded
- Killed 4-5 students
- someone opened fire on the students
- My Lai Massacre-
- March 1968
- 504 were killed/raped
- they were kids through elderly
- Get out of Serving-
- fled the country
- went to college
- getting married
- Medically unfit for service
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