Early Vietnam
This country occupied Vietnam during WWII.
What is Japan?
This overarching conflict between the USSR and the USA caused the Vietnam War.
What is the Cold War?
This U.S. ship reported being attacked in 1964.
What is the USS Maddox?
This year marked major U.S. troop escalation and bombing campaigns.
What is 1965?
This rifle, used by American forces, suffered from a failure to eject.
What is the M16?
This group was founded in 1941 by Ho Chi Minh to fight for Vietnamese independence.
What is the Viet Minh?
This country supported South Vietnam and France.
What is the United States?
This U.S. president used the incident to gain war powers.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This military strategy focused on eliminating enemy forces in the field.
What is search and destroy?
This belt-fed machine gun fired up to 1,000 rounds per minute.
What is the M60?
This war between France and Vietnamese forces began in 1946.
What is the First Indochina War?
These two countries supported North Vietnam
What are the USSR and the PRC?
This resolution allowed military action without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
By 1968, U.S. troop levels reached this approximate number.
What is over 500,000?
This chemical was used to destroy forests and crops.
What is Agent Orange?
This parallel divided Vietnam temporarily after the Geneva Accords.
What is the 17th parallel?
The first indochina war was considered this type of war, where countries dont directley fight eachother
What is a Proxy War?
Later reports suggested this caused the second “attack.”
What is bad weather/false radar readings?
The United States deployed this many Marines in February of 1965.
What is 3,500?
daily double!! This helicopter was rushed into production using the UH-1 Iroquois chassis and drive train to speed up production.
What is the Bell AH 1 Cobra?
The USA provided this percentage of funding to France during the French Indochina War.
What is 80%?
The Geneva Accords set Vietnam's reunification elections for this year.
What is 1965?
The Tonkin Resolution was repealed in 1971 to limit this president's powers in Vietnam.
Who is Richard Nixon
This operation, lasting from 1965 to 1968, involved the sustained bombardment of North Vietnamese positions.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
This aircraft, used in the Vietnam War was also used to deliver a heart transplant because of its record-breaking speeds
What is the F111 Ardvark?