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CHAPTER 50 THE UNITED STATES GETS INVOLVED IN VIETNAM
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FRENCH IN VIETNAM
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HO CHI MINH LEADER OF COMMUNIST IN VIETNAM
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DOMINO THEORY IF 1 NATION FALLS TO COMMUNISM NEARBY NATIONS WILL ALSO FALL TO IT
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DIEN BIEN PHU THE FRENCH WOULD BE DEFEATED AND FORCE OUT OF VIETNAM AT THIS PLACE
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GENEVA ACCORDS PEACE AGREEMENT AFTER THE FRENCH LEFT
THEY DECIDED: VIETNAM WOULD BE DIVIDED AT THE 17TH PARALLEL NORTH - COMMUNIST LED BY HO CHI MINH SOUTH ANTI-COMMUNIST LED BY NGO DINH DIEM
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BUDDIST MONKS IN PROTEST OVER DIEM GOVERNMENT
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JOHN F. KENNEDY SENDS ADVISORS TO VIETNAM BY 1963
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NVA - NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY VIET CONG - VC
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SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS
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HO CHI MINH TRAIL
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LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
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TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AUGUST 4 1964 THE USS MADDOX IS FIRED UPON BY NORTH VIETNAMESE BOAT
NOT A DECLARATION OF WAR, BUT GAVE JOHNSON BROAD MILITARY POWERS
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WILLIAM WESTMORELAND LEADER OF U.S. TROOPS IN VIETNAM
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TUNNEL SYSTEMS
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TUNNEL SYSTEMS
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TUNNEL SYSTEMS
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TUNNEL SYSTEMS
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TUNNEL RAT
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BOOBY TRAPS UNEXPLODED SHELLS
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PUNJI PITS
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FORREST GUMP
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WAR OF ATTRITION WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY BY KILLING SOLDIERS AND CONTINIOUS HARASSMENT
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WAR OF ATTRITION
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NAPALM
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SEARCH AND DESTROY ZIPPO RAIDS
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AGENT ORANGE
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HELICOPTERS THE NEW CALVARY
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WE WERE SOLDIERS
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VIETNAM 1ST T.V. WAR AS THE WAR DRAGGED ON THE PUBLIC SUPPORT BEGAN TO DROP
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GRUNTS NICKNAME OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN VIETNAM
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PLATOON
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ROBERT MACNAMARA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
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LOTTERY DRAFT ORDER
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WAYS TO GET OUT OF THE DRAFT PHYSICAL
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MENTAL
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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
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GO TO CANADA OR EUROPE
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1960’S
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TET OFFENSIVE
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TET OFFENSIVE
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TET OFFENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFEAT FOR U.S. LBJ’S DOWNFALL
VIET CONG WOULD NEVER RECOVER
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RICHARD NIXON WINS ELECTION OF 1968
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WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
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DOVES- OPPOSED WAR HAWKS- INFAVOR OF THE WAR
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VIETNAMIZATION SLOW WITHDRAWL OF U.S. TROOPS OUT OF VIETNAM
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KENT STATE SHOOTING MAY 4, 1970 BURNING OF THE ROTC BUILDING
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NATIONAL GUARD IS ORDERED IN
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FOUR STUDENTS KILLED
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THE 70’S
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VIETNAM WAR ENDS 1975
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WAR POWERS ACT TROOPS CAN ONLY BE SENT TO A PLACE FOR 90 DAYS UNLESS APPROVED BY CONGRESS
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