Vietnam War.
1950-1975.
Helicopter was the main use of transport because of it's easy land and takeoff.
We wanted to contain Communism.
French Connection- It was a french colony, They lost the Vietnamese in 1954.
Ho Chi Minh- he tried to get independence, he then went to Soviet Union and then started a Communist Revolution in Vietnam
Geneva Conference- 1954- Vietnam was split in two at the 17th parallel and became north and south Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh(North) Ngo Dinh Diem(South).
Fighters- US and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam and Vietcong(group of south Vietnamese guerrilla fighters).
Escalation(Truman-Johnson)-Truman started sending money to help french, Eisenhower- continued to send money and sent military advisers, Kennedy- continued with money and military advisers and also sent the green berets, Johnson- sent more and more and more troops.
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