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CHAPTER 50 THE UNITED STATES GETS INVOLVED IN VIETNAM

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1 CHAPTER 50 THE UNITED STATES GETS INVOLVED IN VIETNAM

2 FRENCH IN VIETNAM

3 HO CHI MINH LEADER OF COMMUNIST IN VIETNAM

4 DOMINO THEORY IF 1 NATION FALLS TO COMMUNISM NEARBY NATIONS WILL ALSO FALL TO IT

5 DIEN BIEN PHU THE FRENCH WOULD BE DEFEATED AND FORCE OUT OF VIETNAM AT THIS PLACE

6 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

7 BUDDIST MONKS IN PROTEST OVER DIEM GOVERNMENT

8 JOHN F. KENNEDY SENDS ADVISORS TO VIETNAM BY 1963

9 NVA - NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY VIET CONG - VC

10 SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS

11 HO CHI MINH TRAIL

12 LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

13 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

14 WILLIAM WESTMORELAND LEADER OF U.S. TROOPS IN VIETNAM

15 TUNNEL SYSTEMS

16 TUNNEL SYSTEMS

17 TUNNEL SYSTEMS

18 TUNNEL SYSTEMS

19 TUNNEL RAT

20 BOOBY TRAPS UNEXPLODED SHELLS

21 PUNJI PITS

22 FORREST GUMP

23 WAR OF ATTRITION WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY BY KILLING SOLDIERS AND CONTINIOUS HARASSMENT

24 WAR OF ATTRITION

25 NAPALM

26 SEARCH AND DESTROY ZIPPO RAIDS

27 AGENT ORANGE

28 HELICOPTERS THE NEW CALVARY

29 WE WERE SOLDIERS

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31 VIETNAM 1ST T.V. WAR AS THE WAR DRAGGED ON THE PUBLIC SUPPORT BEGAN TO DROP

32 GRUNTS NICKNAME OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN VIETNAM

33 PLATOON

34 ROBERT MACNAMARA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

35 LOTTERY DRAFT ORDER

36 WAYS TO GET OUT OF THE DRAFT PHYSICAL

37 MENTAL

38 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

39 GO TO CANADA OR EUROPE

40 1960’S

41 TET OFFENSIVE

42 TET OFFENSIVE

43 TET OFFENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFEAT FOR U.S. LBJ’S DOWNFALL
VIET CONG WOULD NEVER RECOVER

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45 RICHARD NIXON WINS ELECTION OF 1968

46 WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

47 DOVES- OPPOSED WAR HAWKS- INFAVOR OF THE WAR

48 VIETNAMIZATION SLOW WITHDRAWL OF U.S. TROOPS OUT OF VIETNAM

49 KENT STATE SHOOTING MAY 4, 1970 BURNING OF THE ROTC BUILDING

50 NATIONAL GUARD IS ORDERED IN

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54 FOUR STUDENTS KILLED

55 THE 70’S

56 VIETNAM WAR ENDS 1975

57 WAR POWERS ACT TROOPS CAN ONLY BE SENT TO A PLACE FOR 90 DAYS UNLESS APPROVED BY CONGRESS


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