Vietnam War Cultural Literacy

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Vietnam War Cultural Literacy Unit Objective To understand cultural and symbolic images of the Vietnam era

Ho Chi Minh: Leader of the Vietminh, supporter of Vietcong

Ngo Dinh Diem Leader of S. Vietnam who was despised by own people for being cruel and harsh; was assassinated

Buddhist Immolation: Done to protest treatment of Buddhists by Diem

Sec. of Defense McNamara

General Westmoreland

Tet Offensive Execution of a Vietcong officer by S Tet Offensive Execution of a Vietcong officer by S. Vietnam National Chief of Police

Napalm Attack

Hanoi Hilton: North Vietnamese prison camp for captured American & S Hanoi Hilton: North Vietnamese prison camp for captured American & S. Vietnamese soldiers

Kent State University: Site of protests at which several college students were killed by the National Guard

Anti-War Protests

Hanoi Jane: Nickname for actress Jane Fonda for her criticism of U. S Hanoi Jane: Nickname for actress Jane Fonda for her criticism of U.S. policy in Vietnam

April 30, 1975: US Embassy Saigon The Fall of Saigon

Vietnam Memorial: “The Wall”: Memorial to those who died or are missing

Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter

Prisoners of War Missing in Action