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Who’s Who in the Vietnam War

Who’s Who in the Vietnam War. U.S. Presidents. Eisenhower. J.F.K. President 1953-1961 Sent advisors “Tea and Tungsten”. President 1961-1963 Assassinated Increased advisors to 16,000 before his death. Nixon President 1969-1974 Resigned after Watergate

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Who’s Who in the Vietnam War

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  1. Who’s Who in the Vietnam War

  2. U.S. Presidents Eisenhower J.F.K • President 1953-1961 • Sent advisors • “Tea and Tungsten” • President 1961-1963 • Assassinated • Increased advisors to 16,000 before his death • Nixon • President 1969-1974 • Resigned after Watergate • Vietnamization-return war to S.V. and decrease U.S. troops • L.B.J • V.P J.F.K • President 1963-1969 • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Escalated War

  3. Secretary of Defense • Advises President on • military operations Robert McNamara Clark Clifford • 1961-1968 under JFK & LBJ • Increased troops • Believed in Domino Theory • Lost hope in winning the war • Resigned in 1968 • 1968-1969 under LBJ • Did not agree with increase in troops • Ended up losing hope in war & felt it should be handed over to South Vietnam

  4. Secretary of Defense Melvin laird James schlesinger • 1969-1973 under Nixon • Invented term Vietnamization • Wanted an end to the draft & stopped it 5 mths early • 1973-1975 under Nixon & Ford • Did not want to give amnesty for draft dodgers & believed in increasing • Increased defense budget nuclear weapons • Dismissed by Ford

  5. Secretary of State • Deals with foreign policy • and affairs overseas • Immigration & foreign Travel Henry Kissinger • 1973-1977 under Nixon & Ford • Helped with Vietnamization • Also supported secret bombing of Cambodia • Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for Paris Peace Accords ending U/S. involvement in Vietnam

  6. U.S. Military Leaders Gen. William Westmoreland Gen. Creighton Abrams • Commander of U.S. Military operations in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 • Commander of U.S. military operations in Vietnam 1968-1972

  7. U.S. Military Leaders Gen. Frederick Weyand • Led 25th Division 1964-1967 • Did not agree with Westmoreland • Helped with Paris Peace Talks • Took over for Abrams from 1972-1973 • Supervised last troops out of Vietnam

  8. Leaders of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem (nO) Ngo DinhNhu (No Dinh New) • President South Vietnam 1955-1963 • Assassinated 1963 • Anti-Buddhist • Diem’s brother and right hand man • Assassinated with Diem • Wife Madame Nhu 1st Lady Dragon Lady

  9. South Vietnam Nguyen Van ThieU (New En) Ngo Quang Truong (No) • Was general in ARVN • President South Vietnam 1965-1975 • Elected through fraud & was authoritative in rule • Resigned a few days before the fall of South Vietnam • General ARVN 1972-1975 • Fall of Saigon immigrated to U.S. • Lives in Virginia as U.S. Citizen

  10. North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Pham Van Dong (Fam) • Freedom fighter • Prime Minister 1945-1955 • President North Vietnam 1955-1969 • Died 1969 of heart failure at 79; body embalmed • Communist • Prime Minister North Vietnam 1955-1987

  11. North Vietnam Le Doc Tho (Lee Doc Toe) • Politician North Vietnam • Negotiated Paris Peace Accords • Refused the Noble Peace Prize

  12. North Vietnam Military Ledaers Vo Nguyen Giap (vo New) Le Trong Tan (Lee TrongTaan) • General during first Indochina war and Vietnam war • At Dien Bien Phu & Tet • Major military leader • Part of Viet Minh against French • Deputy Commander VietCong • Secretary Defense in Vietnam until 1986

  13. Cambodia Pol Pot KhieuSamphan (Q Sam pan) • Chinese Revolutionary leader • Leader of the Khmer Rouge • Became leader Cambodia around 1975 until Cambodia-Vietnam War began in 1979 • 21% people died under his rule • President of Cambodia 1976-1979 • Key leader Khmer Rouge • Still denies genocide

  14. China Mao Zedong • Chinese revolutionary Leader 1949-1976 • Had “The Great Leap Forward” • Communist • Died 1976 of heart attack

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