1. Vietnam Part II

2. Vietnam Terminology BC – body count Boonies – the jungle
Bought the farm – killed in action
Charlie – the VC (Vietcong) North Vietnamese guerrilla fighters.
Cobra – heavily armed Army helicopter
Dead Man’s Zone – slang for the DMZ – 17th parallel

3. Terms P.O.W – Prisoner of War MASH – Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
M.I.A – Missing In Action
Million-dollar wound – a non-crippling wound serious enough to warrant a return home to the U.S.
Newbie- new soldier
Point Man – man in the front of a squad on patrol.
P.O.W – Prisoner of War

4. Terms
Dear John letter- letter from a girlfriend at home ending the relationship.
D.E.R.O.S – Date Eligible for Return from Overseas.
In Country – Vietnam

5. Terms Short Timer- soldier that did not have much time left to serve.
Teach-ins – night long university meetings at campuses across America in protest to the war.
The World – what the troops called the U.S.

6. Trouble in the Gulf August 1964 –Gulf of Tonkin
The U.S.S. Maddox was attacked by N. Vietnamese torpedo boats
2 days later – another ship was attacked.
LBJ ask Congress to act

7. Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave LBJ a “Blank check” to do whatever steps needed to repeal attacks.
1965 – VC attack bases in S. Vietnam were advisers are, killing 7 Americans.
1965 – Operation Flaming Dart – used of B52 bombers on North Vietnam

8. Escalation March 1965: Main target – Ho Chi Minh Trail
Operation Rolling Thunder: – intense bombing of N. Vietnam.
Main target – Ho Chi Minh Trail

9. VC get help
Ho Chi Minh will use the Ho Chi Minh Trail – a network of paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong (VC) in S. Vietnam

10. Escalation 1965 Over 180,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam
1967 Operation Cedar Falls- U.S. attack VC headquarters.
Troops uncover massive tunnel complex – used as a base for guerrilla raids .
Tunnel Rats – men responsible for going down tunnels to flush out the VC

13. Tet Offensive
Jan
TET (Vietnamese New Year) – 70,000 North Vietnamese and Vietcong attack cities in South Vietnam.
Boldest move – 19 VC attacked the U.S. Embassy in Saigon killed 5 American soldiers.

14. Tet- turning point in war
A. military victory for U.S.
B. American public thought U.S. was winning war – but watched as Americans were killed at the U.S. Embassy

15. Tet Offensive – cont.
C. Created credibility gap – fewer Americans trusted the govt.
D. Pres. Johnson said he would halt bombing of North Vietnam – that will not be the total truth
E. Pres. Johnson announces that he will not seek re-election.

16. Dear John Letter
Dear John letter: letter from a girlfriend at home ending the relationship.
In your notebook, I would like you to write a Dear John letter.
Must be one page in length.
Letters must include:
Letter heading
How long you have been together
Your position on the war (Anti-War/ Pro-War)
Why are you ending the relationship