1. Vietnam War (1954-1975)

3. 1500 miles north- south along coastline of Southeast Asia Coastal lowlands Swampy river deltas Plateaus Mountain Jungles

4. Political Players

5. 900 US troops in Vietnam 4,000 US troops in Vietnam 200,000 US troops in Vietnam 543,000 US troops in Vietnam

6. Ho Chi Minh Raised under French rule— strong anti-colonialist Educated in Paris—well- travelled and cultured Impressed by Marxism— trained in Russia as revolutionary Vision: A United Vietnam governed by Vietnamese

8. US Strategies of 1960s Based on Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 US Combat forces to assist the South in fighting Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Bombing of North Vietnam (later of Cambodia) Winning hearts and minds of South Vietnamese

9. US Tactics of ‘60s Score-keeping by body count Search and destroy missions Perimeter defense and fire support bases Troop transport by helicopter

10. Late ’60s-Early 70s Shift Expanding weapons of S. Vietnam Gradual withdrawal of US troops “Strategic Hamlet” program

11. McDonough arrives at this time with 173 rd Airborne Brigade M-16 173 rd uniform 173 rd Brigade

12. Platoon Leader on Radio

13. Vietnam Village

14. End Game 1973 Armistice signed among US, North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, and Viet Cong 1974 NVA overwhelmed the South 1975 Last Marine airlifted from US embassy in Saigon

15. Lt. Jim McDonough c. 1971

16. James McDonough McDonough today Secretary of Florida Office of Corrections