Vietnam War (1954-1975). 1500 miles north- south along coastline of Southeast Asia Coastal lowlands Swampy river deltas Plateaus Mountain Jungles.

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Vietnam War ( )

1500 miles north- south along coastline of Southeast Asia Coastal lowlands Swampy river deltas Plateaus Mountain Jungles

Political Players

900 US troops in Vietnam 4,000 US troops in Vietnam 200,000 US troops in Vietnam 543,000 US troops in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Raised under French rule— strong anti-colonialist Educated in Paris—well- travelled and cultured Impressed by Marxism— trained in Russia as revolutionary Vision: A United Vietnam governed by Vietnamese

US Strategies of 1960s Based on Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 US Combat forces to assist the South in fighting Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Bombing of North Vietnam (later of Cambodia) Winning hearts and minds of South Vietnamese

US Tactics of ‘60s Score-keeping by body count Search and destroy missions Perimeter defense and fire support bases Troop transport by helicopter

Late ’60s-Early 70s Shift Expanding weapons of S. Vietnam Gradual withdrawal of US troops “Strategic Hamlet” program

McDonough arrives at this time with 173 rd Airborne Brigade M rd uniform 173 rd Brigade

Platoon Leader on Radio

Vietnam Village

End Game 1973 Armistice signed among US, North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, and Viet Cong 1974 NVA overwhelmed the South 1975 Last Marine airlifted from US embassy in Saigon

Lt. Jim McDonough c. 1971

James McDonough McDonough today Secretary of Florida Office of Corrections

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