Vietnam War
Kevin Picardi Grayson Dawes
General William Westmoreland
Ho Chi Minh
My Lai Massacre
National Liberation Front
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pentagon Papers
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization
Terms we know
Containment- The method that the US used to try to contain communism from spreading.
DMZ- De-militerized zone. Border between north and south Vietnam.
Domino Theory- So if one nation fell to communism another would short after.
Draft- Every 18 year old male enters the draft to be drafted by the military.
Vietcong- Communist army of North Korea.
Creating Context
1957-Communist Insurgency into South Vietnam
1959-US Servicemen Killed in Guerrilla Attack
1960-Vietcong Formed
1961-Battle of Kienhoa Province
1962-US Military Employs Agent Orange
1963-President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas
1964-General Nguyen Khanh Seizes Power in Saigon
1965-Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed
1965-Marines Arrive at Danang
1966-B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
1971-Pentagon Papers Published
1972-Nixon Cuts Troop Levels by 70k
1974-Nixon Resigns
1975-Ford Calls Vietnam War "Finished"
President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, TX
Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed
Pentagon Papers are released
Tonkin Gulf Resolution Synopsis
In their own words
In the may of 1943 he resigned from the army and went to the marines. He served during the Vietnam war in the MACV, a special operations group. When he first landed in Vietnam and got off the plane he was drenched in sweat and said " If you are looking for a marine for a draft picture i am not your guy but if you are looking for a buy who wants to shoot bad guys you have the right guy.'" He retried from the marines in 1964.
Grayson Dawes
In their own words- Ray Ernest Adams
Kevin Picardi
Protest Music
Chicago-It Better End Soon
John Lennon-Give Peace a Chance
Phil Ochs-Draft Dodger Rag
Top 10
All You Need is Love-Beatles
Dear Uncle Sam- Loretta Lynn
Disk of Sun-Ewan MacColl
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire and P.F. Sloan
Fixin to Die Rag-Country Joe Mcdonald
Fortunate Son-Creedence ClearWater Revival
Gimme Shelter- Rolling Stones
Hello Vietnam- Johnnie Wright
I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam-John Lee Hooker
Hero or Villain?
William Calley- This man is not a hero. Straight Villain due to the brutality and disregard of morals that could rival many Nazi's. Even following orders or trying to "destroy the ideology" it was a massacre of innocent people and Calley was there to help out through it all. American soldiers don't do this. Mislead and brutal soldiers commit these atrocities of mankind.