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Good Morning!!!!. NVC HOT ROC: My Lai Today Vietnam War Ends Essential Question : How did the Vietnam War come to an end?. My Lai: Modern Connection. Haditha Killings. Abu Ghraib. “Peace with Honor”- Nixon. 1968 Richard Nixon elected President

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  1. Good Morning!!!! • NVC • HOT ROC: My Lai Today • Vietnam War Ends Essential Question: How did the Vietnam War come to an end?

  2. My Lai: Modern Connection Haditha Killings Abu Ghraib

  3. “Peace with Honor”- Nixon • 1968 Richard Nixon elected President • Lyndon Johnson does not run for re-election • Nixon did not want to be the 1st president to lose a war, but war also very unpopular • Vietnamization: Nixon’s policy after takes office in 1969 • pulling out US troops and giving responsibility to S. Vietnamese • Election strategy to appease the American public?

  4. The War Ends • 1972 Operation Linebacker II • Massive bombing attack on North Vietnam • Huge damage and civilian casualties, but has little effect on fighting • 1973 Ceasefire declared • Paris Agreement: troops out, bombing ends, war ends

  5. Legacy of the War Vietnam Memorial 11/13/1982 • Veterans & POWs return home • Often shunned or ignored by society • PTSD • War Powers Resolution • Overturns Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and limits president’s power to use the armed forces • Vietnam Syndrome • Reluctance to get involved in overseas conflicts

  6. Vietnam After the War • Fighting continues • Communist takeover 1975 • 1 million + S. Vietnamese evacuated • Believed to be a war that “nobody won” • http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/30/effects-of-agent-orange-ongoing-silently-in-children/?hpt=hp_c3

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