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VIETNAM WAR

VIETNAM WAR. Domino Theory. President John F. Kennedy, 1961. "Let every nation know, whether, it wishes  us well or ill, that we shall pay any price,  bear any burden, meet any hardship, support  any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure  the survival of liberty.". 2-Ho Chi Minh.

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VIETNAM WAR

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  1. VIETNAM WAR

  2. Domino Theory

  3. President John F. Kennedy, 1961 "Let every nation know, whether, it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival of liberty."

  4. 2-Ho Chi Minh

  5. 4,5-VIET CONG

  6. COMMUNIST WEAPONS

  7. 7-ARVN

  8. 7-ARVN VETERANS

  9. 8-MY LAI

  10. 1-Grunt

  11. Boot Camp

  12. US INFANTRY WEAPONS • LAW • M14 • M79 • M16 • M60 • M3 • M1911

  13. 6-Tet Offensive

  14. 6-Tet Offensive

  15. Battle of Hue Vietnam, 1968

  16. NVA SEIZES ALL OF HUE WITH EXCEPTION OF ARVN HQ AND MACV COMPOUND 12,000 men 26 Days Enemy attack: 30-31 January 68

  17. TET ‘68

  18. USMC & ARVN REINFORCEMENTS FIGHT OUTNUMBERED HOUSE-TO-HOUSE US ARMY REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE, HEAVY GUNFIRE APPROVED 31 Jan-9 Feb 68

  19. Communists seize ARVN HQs Marines counterattack Seige House to house fighting Battle for Hue

  20. 3 US Marine battalions 5 US Army battalions 11 Vietnamese battalions Allied Forces

  21. USMC Casualty Rate per 1,000 • Daily wounded: 17. 5, ranged from 1.6 to 45.5 • Killed-inaction: 2.2, and ranged from 0.0 to 9.6. • Wounded: three times higher than the battle for Okinawa and six-fold the wounded rate during normal Marine operations at the peak of the Vietnam Conflict. • Disease/nonbattle injury (DNBI) rate was 1.0 per 1,000 strength per day.

  22. 6th Regiment: 3 infantry battalions 4th Regiment: 3 infantry battalions 2 SAPPER Battalions 2 Mortar Battalions Total: 6,000 men Enemy Forces

  23. M48 USMC M41 ARVN Armor

  24. ONTOS

  25. CASUALTIES • NVA=5,113 KILLED & 89 CAPTURED • ALLIES: KILLED WOUNDED • ARVN 384 1800 • USMC 142 857 • USA 74 507

  26. 5,800+ civilians murdered hands tied behind their backs, were chained together Policemen, military men, farmers, old women, young girls, and children Communist Atrocities

  27. 4 February 1968 Utilizing a number of light antitank assault weapons, fearlessly moved from position to position firing numerous rounds at the heavily fortified enemy emplacements. He successfully knocked out a rocket position and suppressed much of the enemy fire before falling mortally wounded. Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez

  28. 2-GREEN BERETS

  29. 4-Dust Off,5-Slick

  30. 8-AGENT ORANGE

  31. 8-RESULTS

  32. M16 V AK47

  33. BURNING MONKS

  34. WALTER CRONKITE

  35. Eisenhower-Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon

  36. Women’s Memorial

  37. ADRIAN CRONAUER

  38. The Wall

  39. JANE FONDA (Bob Kerry)

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