Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Geneva Accords
My Lai Massacre
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Guerrilla Warfare
Agent Orange
Domino Theory
Ho Chi Minh
War of Attrition
Ngo Dinh Diem
Search and Destroy
Kent State Protest
Napalm
Event where American soldiers destroyed a village and killed over 300 unarmed civilians
President of South Vietnam was assassinated in 1963
a jelly-like form of gasoline used in fire bombs and flamethrowers. It's sticks to skin, causing severe burns and making it one of the most horrible weapons used in combat.
Herbicide used to uncover Viet cong positions
US goal in Vietnam. Destroy as much of the enemy as possible
American ships were attacked by North Vietnamese vessels
International conference after the Indochina War, split Vietnam in two
Leader of communist North Vietnam
Small scale fighting, using environment to conceal ones self, run and gun
A war in which both sides try and drain one another's resources.
If one falls, another falls
President Johnson was given resources to take all military action necessary.
Students were killed by the Ohio national guard