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By Jeff Jillson Kaitlynn Goula. Vietnam. Advisory Phase. Operation Ranch hand. Ranch Hand involved spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons of defoliant and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food. . Kennedy .
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By Jeff Jillson KaitlynnGoula Vietnam
Operation Ranch hand • Ranch Hand involved spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons of defoliant and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food.
Guerilla Warfare • War tactics
Ho Chi Minh Trail • a network of roads built from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia, to provide logistical support to the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War
Operation Chopper • The helicopters transported over 1,000South Vietnamese paratroopers • First time the US participated in major combat in the Vietnam war.
Rolling Thunder • During the Vietnam War, as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam
Martin Luther King JR • Opposed war
Operation Cedar Falls • search and destroy operation
Dow • Dow Chemical is a provider of plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products with a presence in about 160 countries and employing about 50,000 people worldwide
Sihanauk • King of Cambodia
Kent State • protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia • Killing 4 and injuring 9