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News Brief #1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E841L2lRCjc. News Brief #2. News Brief #3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyBazkpUFQ Inside Vietnam: Battle of La Drang 2:20-2:37 3:30- end. News Brief #4. News Brief #5. News Brief #6 http:// m.youtube.com/watch?v =u4S1b5azraQ. Saigon.
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News Brief #1 • www.youtube.com/watch?v=E841L2lRCjc
News Brief #3 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyBazkpUFQ • Inside Vietnam: Battle of La Drang • 2:20-2:37 • 3:30- end.
Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)
Map “East and Southeast Asia: Vietnam” Image. CIA World Factbook, 2012. Web. 14 November 2012. “South Vietnam Map” Image. Wikimedia, 2012. Web. 14 November 2012
The Vietcong Attack “Fires in Saigon during Tet Offensive attacks.” Image. National Archives. American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 14 November 2012.
News Brief #8 • http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1IDwjBamzU
News Brief #9 • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/military-channel/7174-20th-century-battlefields-vietnam-khe-sanh-video.htm
News Brief #10 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZ4G251WR4
News Brief #14 • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/resources/vid/15_video_poor_qt.html
News Brief #19 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
News Brief #20 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3K2N7FZSXc
News Brief #21 • http://albraden.photoshelter.com/gallery/March-on-Washington-1969-24-photos/G0000KLzrFSvQVn0
News Brief #22 • http://albraden.photoshelter.com/gallery/March-on-Washington-1969-24-photos/G0000KLzrFSvQVn0
News Brief #24 The Invasion of Cambodia • Background • 1 year since Nixon’s inauguration. • Vietnamization has just begun. • However, still lots of fighting and heavy presence of both VC and NVA. • US has also begun peace talks and stopped the constant bomb runs.
Communist forces establish military bases in Cambodia • Land is excellent for military purposes. • Location • Neutrality • Weak Cambodian military
Operation Menu begins • March 18, 1969 • Lasted roughly 1 year • Objective: Destroy the estimated 40,000 enemy troops in the area.
The Invasion of Cambodia Begins • Announced in April 1970 as part of Vietnamization. • However Nixon keeps Operation Menu a secret. • Still results in public outcry and anti-war protest reach its peak.
Map "Cambodia Tours." Luxury Travel Vietnam. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012.
News Brief #25 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OmZvyNrzAs
News Brief #26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbTBR1iKyys