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VIETNAM WAR

Domino Theory

President John F. Kennedy, 1961 "Let every nation know, whether, it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival of liberty."

2-Ho Chi Minh

4,5-VIET CONG

COMMUNIST WEAPONS

7-ARVN

7-ARVN VETERANS

8-MY LAI

1-Grunt

Boot Camp

US INFANTRY WEAPONS LAW M14 M79 M16 M60 M3 M1911

6-Tet Offensive

Battle of Hue Vietnam, 1968

Enemy attack: January 68 NVA SEIZES ALL OF HUE WITH EXCEPTION OF ARVN HQ AND MACV COMPOUND 12,000 men 26 Days

TET ‘68

31 Jan-9 Feb 68 USMC & ARVN REINFORCEMENTS FIGHT OUTNUMBERED HOUSE-TO-HOUSE US ARMY REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE, HEAVY GUNFIRE APPROVED

Battle for Hue Communists seize ARVN HQs Marines counterattack Seige House to house fighting

Allied Forces 3 US Marine battalions 5 US Army battalions 11 Vietnamese battalions

USMC Casualty Rate per 1,000 Daily wounded: 17. 5, ranged from 1.6 to 45.5 Killed-inaction: 2.2, and ranged from 0.0 to 9.6. Wounded: three times higher than the battle for Okinawa and six-fold the wounded rate during normal Marine operations at the peak of the Vietnam Conflict. Disease/nonbattle injury (DNBI) rate was 1.0 per 1,000 strength per day.

Enemy Forces 6th Regiment: 3 infantry battalions 4th Regiment: 3 infantry battalions 2 SAPPER Battalions 2 Mortar Battalions Total: 6,000 men

Armor M48 USMCM41 ARVN

ONTOS

CASUALTIES NVA=5,113 KILLED & 89 CAPTURED ALLIES: KILLED WOUNDED ARVN USMC USA

Communist Atrocities 5,800+ civilians murdered hands tied behind their backs, were chained together Policemen, military men, farmers, old women, young girls, and children

Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez 4 February 1968 Utilizing a number of light antitank assault weapons, fearlessly moved from position to position firing numerous rounds at the heavily fortified enemy emplacements. He successfully knocked out a rocket position and suppressed much of the enemy fire before falling mortally wounded.

2-GREEN BERETS

4-Dust Off,5-Slick

8-AGENT ORANGE

8-RESULTS

M16 V AK47

BURNING MONKS

WALTER CRONKITE

Eisenhower-Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon

Women’s Memorial

ADRIAN CRONAUER

The Wall

JANE FONDA (Bob Kerry)

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