1. Essential Question # 4
What was a U.S soldier’s experience like in the Vietnam War? Include information about a soldier’s experience both during and after the war.

2. Issues Facing Soldiers in Vietnam
What are soldiers feeling?
What are soldiers thinking about?
What are they seeing?
What are they experiencing?

3. End of the War 1972 = 139,000 troops remain
VC and NVA launch 3-pronged attack into the South
US bombs Hanoi, capital of North Vietnam
August, 1972 = last combat troops leave
* No peace treaty, 591 POWs
January, 1973 = “Paris Peace Accords”
March, 1973 = “Operation Homecoming”

4. After the War 1974 = Aid to Vietnam cut by 75 %
North invades the South
50,000 “At Risk” Civilians evacuated
April 30, 1975 = Last US chopper leaves Saigon
4 hours later, Saigon falls
Renamed “Ho Chi Minh City”
1995 = US formally recognizes the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

5. FALL OF SAIGON

6. 2.5 million served in Vietnam Average age = 22 58,303 Americans killed
The War
2.5 million served in Vietnam
Average age = 22
58,303 Americans killed
3.5 million killed total

12. Issues Facing Veterans
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Traumatic Brain Injury
Health Complications from Agent Orange
High Suicide Rates
23% of America’s nation-wide homeless population are veterans
33% of America’s nation-wide male homeless population are veterans
47% are veterans of the Vietnam Era

13. Issues Facing Soldiers in Vietnam
What are soldiers feeling?
What are soldiers thinking about?
What are they seeing?
What are they experiencing?

14. Issues Facing Soldiers in Vietnam
Guerilla Warfare
M-16 Rifles
Weather
Terrain/ landscape
Leadership
Morale

15. Essential Question # 4
What was a U.S soldier’s experience like in the Vietnam War? Include information about a soldier’s experience both during and after the war.