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V I E T N A M WHY?

V I E T N A M WHY?. A BRIEF HISTORY. FRENCH INDOCHINA. CARRYING COAL. RICE TERRACES. FREEDOM FIGHTER AND A COMMUNIST HO CHI MINH. THE FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR 1946 - 1954. HOW AND WHY DID THE us GET INVOLVED?. French ally The domino theory. DOMINO THEORY. NORTH AND SOUTH

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V I E T N A M WHY?

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  1. V I E T N A M WHY?

  2. A BRIEF HISTORY

  3. FRENCH INDOCHINA

  4. CARRYING COAL

  5. RICE TERRACES

  6. FREEDOM FIGHTER AND A COMMUNIST HO CHI MINH

  7. THE FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR 1946 - 1954

  8. HOW AND WHY DID THE us GET INVOLVED? French ally The domino theory

  9. DOMINO THEORY

  10. NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM

  11. WHY DIDN’T A DIVIDED VIETNAM WORK? Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong

  12. WHY DID WE BEGIN SENDING TROOPS OVER To Vietnam?

  13. TONKIN GULF INCIDENT: ussmaddox AUGUST 4, 1964 What Really Happened? - Video

  14. LYNDON JOHNSON GREETING TROOPS

  15. Ground troops in vietnam 1960-1972

  16. WHY COULDN’T THE US WIN THIS WAR? 1. GUERRILLA WARFARE

  17. 2. THE VIETCONG

  18. WHEN DID WE DECIDE TO GIVE UP? • Protests in the us • Withdrawal, 1973 • Communist attack, • spring, 1975

  19. Was the communist government What the Vietnamese had hoped?

  20. re-education camps • take-over of private business • boat people • refugee camps and immigration

  21. BOAT PEOPLE

  22. TONKIN GULF INCIDENT: USS MADDOX August , 1964

  23. HO CHI MINH TRAIL

  24. HUEY

  25. TET OFFENSIVE January, 1968

  26. THE TET OFFENSIVE Saigon

  27. THE ZIPPO LIGHTER IN VIETNAM “ZIPPO RAID”

  28. Ace of spades

  29. THE MY LAI MASSACRE March, 1968 LT. WILLIAM CALLEY

  30. AGENT ORANGE

  31. Consequences of AGENT ORANGE

  32. “naped”

  33. Women & children VIETCONG

  34. LOCATING TRIP WIRES

  35. Medical personnel

  36. ‘hours of boredom punctuated by

  37. MOMENTS OF SHEER TERROR” • “HOURS OF BOREDOM PUNCTUATED BY • MOPMENTS OF SHEER TERROR”

  38. Chaos ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES Kent state (0hio) 1970

  39. THE COSTS OF VIETNAM • Physical & emotional Served: 3,403,100 Died: 58,000 Missing & presumed dead: 2,043 Permanently affected: ?

  40. Homeless veteran

  41. The things they carried “He ain’t heavy…he’s my brother”

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