Vietnam
The war in Vietnam
I Know
- Containment was the plan to stop the spread of communism in the world.
- DMZ is the DeMilitarization Zone.
- Domino Theory is the fear of if one nation becomes communist then other will follow
- The selection of men to serve in the war
- The Viet Cong is the Northern Vietnamese Guerrilla warfare armed forces
- The Cold War was an intelligence and technological race against the USSR
I Dont Know
General William Westmorland
Ho Chi Minh
My Lai Massacre
National Liberation Front
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pentagon Papers
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization
Viet Cong
Vietnam Timeline
February 1950 — Truman supports French government in Vietnam
August 1950 — Truman sends first military advisers to Vietnam
May 1954 — North Vietnamese prevail at Dien Bien Phu
July 21, 1954 — Geneva Conference splits Vietnam at the 17th parallel
1961 — JFK initiates Operation Farm Gate and sends Green Berets to Vietnam
May 1963 — Buddhist protest of Diem regime at Tu Dam pagoda
November 2, 1963 — deposed South Vietnamese President Diem is assassinated
June 1964 — William Westmoreland put in control of U.S. military forces
August 1964 — Gulf of Tonkin incident
1965-1968 — Operation Rolling Thunder airstrikes
1966 — Operation Van Buren at Phu Yen marks beginning of “search and destroy”
1966-1968 — widespread protest of the Vietnam War
1968 — Tet offensive touches off widespread protests in the United States
1968 — Phoenix Program prioritizes capture and interrogation of Vietcong
November 1969 — news of My Lai massacre breaks
May1970 — Kent State tragedy
1971-1973 — U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam
1973 — U.S. military draft terminated
April 21, 1975 — South Vietnamese President Thieu resigns
April 29-30, 1975 — Helicopter evacuations from the U.S. embassy in Saigon
July 2, 1976 — North and South Vietnam unified under communist rule