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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket. Film and History. Destroying your identity. Tet Offensive. Portrayal of Vietnamese citizens. Mickey Mouse Brigade. Battle Plans. Broadcasts from Hanoi spoke of great victories Troops moved into Khe Sanh area Westmoreland reinforced area as well. Khe San.

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Full Metal Jacket

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  1. Full Metal Jacket Film and History

  2. Destroying your identity

  3. Tet Offensive

  4. Portrayal of Vietnamese citizens

  5. Mickey Mouse Brigade

  6. Battle Plans • Broadcasts from Hanoi spoke of great victories • Troops moved into Khe Sanh area • Westmoreland reinforced area as well

  7. Khe San • January 21, 1968 • NVA attacks the remote base • Operation Scotland

  8. The attack • North Vietnamese bombard the base with a massive artillery attack • The artillery hit the base ammunition stock • The shelling went on for days, turned into an artillery fight

  9. Supplying the base • Americans relied on C-130 Hercules Transport • These were used until one was hit

  10. Super Gaggle • Americans attacked enemy guns with fighter planes • Helicopters followed and dropped supplies • Took less than five minutes

  11. Strain of the siege • Constant shelling took its toll on men • Food was limited • Knee deep mud • Rats

  12. Saigon • Capital of South Vietnam

  13. Trenches and tunnels • NVA began digging trenches to try and breach Khe San • They came within 1200 yards of the camp • Only way to destroy them was bombing from B-52’s

  14. End of the Siege • Bombings turned the battle around • Siege lifted after 77 days • Khe San based destroyed by Americans in June of 1968

  15. American Embassy in Saigon • VC Commandos attack embassy • Attack ultimately fails, but… • Media plays up attack on American soil

  16. 1969 • President Nixon • “Peace With Honor”

  17. Operation Menu • Bombing Cambodia

  18. 1971

  19. 1972

  20. Battle for Hue • Largest battle • City over run quickly • Viet Cong released thousands of prisoners • Liberated the city

  21. RECAPTURING HUE

  22. Recapture of Hue • Bitter street fighting to recapture city • Mass graves

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