1. SECTION 5 THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR
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SECTION 5
THE END OF THE
VIETNAM WAR
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2. PRESIDENT NIXON’S VIETNAM STRATEGY
TROOP WITHDRAWL
“VIETNAMIZATION”
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
BOMBING CAMPAIGNS
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5. TROUBLE ON THE HOME FRONT
“THE SILENT MAJORITY”
SUPPORT FOR NIXON
MY LAI MASSACRE
INVASION OF CAMBODIA
KENT ST. / JACKSON ST.
THE PENTAGON PAPERS
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6. NIXON GREETED TROOPS IN VIETNAM
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7. DEAD IN VILLAGE OF MY LAI
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8. LT. WILLIAM CALLEY FOUND GUILTY IN THE MY LAI MASSCRE
PARDONED 3 1/2 YEARS LATER
BY PRESIDENT NIXON
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9. NIXON ANNOUNCING THE CAMBODIAN INVASION 11/29/2018
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10. KENT STATE R.O.T.C BUILDING BURNED
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11. TROOPS AT KENT STATE
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12. MAY 4, 1970- BEFORE THE SHOOTING
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13. SHOTS FIRED AT KENT STATE
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14. AFTER THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS
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16. “FOUR
DEAD IN
OHIO”
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18. DANIEL ELLSBERG STOLE “THE PENTAGON PAPERS”
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20. AMERICA’S LONGEST WAR ENDS
THE OCTOBER SURPRISE (‘72)
“PEACE IS AT HAND”
THE CHRISTMAS BOMBINGS (DEC ‘72)
PARIS PEACE TREATY (JAN ‘73)
US. TROOPS WITHDRAW (MAR ‘73)
SOUTH VIET. SURRENDERS (APR ‘75)
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21. THE CHRISTMAS BOMBING WERE DESIGN TO FORCE
NORTH VIETNAM TO NEGOTIATE A “PEACE WITH HONOR”
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22. LAST FLIGHT OUT OF VIETNAM FOR U.S. SUPPORTERS
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24. THE WAR’S LEGACY 1,500,000 VIETNAMESE KILLED ~58,000 AMERICANS KILLED
365, 000 WOUNDED
U.S. MILITARY NOW CAUTIOUS
PUBLIC MORE CYNICAL
THE DRAFT WAS ABOLISHED
WAR POWERS ACT PASSED
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25. The First “date” Drawn In the Draft (1969) 11/29/2018
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26. VIETNAM WAR STATS 2nd Longest war for US (11 years)
"War" was never declared U.S.A.
WAR COSTS = $200 Billion (Cornell U)
U.S. bomb tonnage dropped during:      World War II =   2,057,244 tons      Vietnam War =  7,078,032 tons
1,000 lbs. for every man, woman and child in Vietnam.
70,000 “DODGERS” in Canada.
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