1. Unit 11: Vietnam

2. The sides
See the whiteboard & copy in your notebook

3. 1964
US Navy operations in Gulf of Tonkin (just off coast of N. Vietnam)
Hit-and-run strikes & surveillance of radar
August 1: S. Vietnam raids N. Vietnam coastal positions
August 2: N. Vietnam attacks USS Maddox

4. 1964
August 3: USS Maddox & USS Joy go back to Gulf of Tonkin – that evening radar suggests they are both under attack – both ships fire in direction of attackers
August 4: President Johnson orders a retaliation
August 6: Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Investigations later suggest there were never attackers present

5. 1965
Operation Rolling Thunder: US campaign of limited bombing of select targets in NV, Feb. 1965
Did not work - Hanoi still fighting & sending supplies to Vietcong in South
Vietcong gaining territory in South
Little support for Saigon gov. in S.V.
Situation getting worse, despite increased US involvement

6. What should the US do Next?
The Moment of Decision

7. Homework (yes it’s graded)
Step 1: Read the 4 options (p.1)
Step 2: Complete the Beliefs exercise (p.2)
Step 3: Read Options 1, 2, 3, & 4 (p.3-6)
Step 4: Rank the Options (p.7)
Step 5: Explain why you chose the one you did
Complete sentences
Use your answers from the beliefs exercise & info from the option explanation to support your answer