Vietnam War
By: Emily & Ryley
Containment
DMZ
Domino Theory
Draft
General William Westmoreland (1914-2005)
Cold War
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
My lai massacre
National Liberation Front
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pentagon papers
Tet Offensive
Viet Cong
Vietnamization
#2
September 1940: Japan invades Vietnam
May 1941: Ho Chi Minh founds the Viet Minh
October 1955: Ngo Dinh Diem is elected as South Vietnam president
December 1960: National Liberation Front (NLF) is officially created
August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
March 1965: US bombs North Vietnam
March 1965: The first US combat troops (grunts) arrive at Vietnam
January 1968: Tet Offensive
March 1968: My Lai Massacre
July 1969: President Nixon orders the withdrawal of many troops from the war
November 1969: My Lai Massacre is made public
June 1971: Portions of the Pentagon Papers are published in the NY Times
March 1972: North Vietnamese trespass across the DMZ to attack South Vietnam
March 1973: The final US troops are withdrawn from Vietnam War
November 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC1. Japan Invades Vietnam
2. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
3. My Lai Massacre
#3 Gulf of Tonkin Incident
#4 Seneator Jeremiah Denton War Hero
Former Alabama Seneator Jeremiah Denton Jr., a prisoner of war for more than seven years in North Vietnam, died on Friday in Virginia Beach. Mr. Denton was 89 years old.
His son, Jim Denton, told The Washington Post, which first reported the news, that his father died of a heart ailment. Mr.Denton, a retired U.S. Rear Admiral, was shot down over the city of Thanh Hoa in Vietnam in 1965 and captured while leading a bombing mission. He later wrote a book about his experiences. Mr.Denton grabbed national attention in 1966 when he was forced to give an interview as a prisoner, and he blinked in Morse code with his eyes to spell out the word “torture.” He later received the Navy Cross and other decorations for his heroism.
#5 Protest Music
- 2+2=?
- It Better End Soon
- The Times They Are a Changing
- Draft Dodger Rag
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Get Together
- People Got to Be Free
- Turn, Turn, Turn
- Put a Little Love in Your Heart
We chose Draft Dodger Rag because because it expounds on the peril of war through the draft. The Times They Are a Changing talks about how the war affected the homeland. Where have all the Flowers Gone talks about how damaging the war was to American morale.
#6
William Calley was a villain because although he was under orders he rounded up innocent people in order to kill away any possible communist.