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He was a strong anti-communist who refused to take part in the countrywide election and became South Vietnamese president in 1956.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Name of the college which was the location of a antiwar demonstration turned deadly when National Guard began firing on protesters that were hurling rocks at them injuring 9 and killing 4.
What is Kent State University?
This movie featured Tom Hanks as the lovable and goofy do it all of the same name, who seemed to be involved in just about everything going on in the 60's.
What is Forrest Gump?
This is the third planet from the sun.
What is Earth (duh)?
This character has appeared in all but one Star Wars movie.
Who is C-3PO?
The distance from the Earth to the moon is how many miles? (within a thousand miles)
What is 238,900?
This was the name given to the communist opposition group in South Vietnam who began attacks on Diem's government.
What is the Vietcong?
This granted Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam in response to an alleged attack off the North Vietnamese coast against the USS Maddox by a NVA patrol boat.
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Apocalypse now (1979) featured Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, and Martin Sheen, was about a captain sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Colonel, and was directed by this man of The Godfather trilogy.
Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
He was the creator of the Muppets, and the Sesame Street characters such as Big Bird, Elmo, and Oscar.
Who was Jim Henson?
Name given in MLB when you have 3 balls and 2 strikes.
What is a full count?
This was a leaf killing chemical weaponized by US forces. The saturation wounded civilians and left villages in ruins, Many veterans years after the war would suffer from cancer from the effects of it.
What is Agent Orange?
In 1968, violence ripped through more than 100 American cities as enraged followers of this slain civil rights leader burned buildings and destroyed neighborhoods.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The late Robin Williams plays a disc jockey comedian who tries to bring some comedy to the soldiers in this film from 1987.
What is Good Morning Vietnam?
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Who is John Hancock?
This comic featured the first appearance of Superman in 1938 and in 2014 it sold for $3,207,852 on Ebay making it the only comic ever to sell for more than 3 million dollars.
What is Action Comic #1?
Term given that referred to the difference between what really was happening and what Johnson's administration was reporting. (Fact versus Fiction)
What is the credibility gap?
During the Democratic Convention in Chicago of 1968 nearly 10,000 protesters showed up to voice displeasure with the selection of Hubert Humphrey as the nomination over Eugene McCarthy. This group of protesters hope to provoke violence in hoping to discredit the Democratic Party.
Who are the Youth International Party or Yippies?
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this movie shows the dehumanizing effects of the Vietnam War through the eyes of US Marines as they go through boot camp and Vietnam.
What is Full Metal Jacket?
This sport's origin dates back to the Native Americans of both Canada and the United States. Its name translates from the French as the game of the "hooked stick".
What is Lacrosse?
This WWE (WWF) wrestler was the governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.
Who is Jesse "The Body" Ventura?
On March 16, 1968 a US platoon under the command of this man massacred innocent civilians in the small village of My Lai. They were searching for Vietcong rebels but even with no sign they began rounding up and shooting women, children and elderly. He was later found guilty but only served less than four years.
Who was Lt. William Calley Jr.?
This act of 1973 stipulated that a president must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending forces into hostile areas without a declaration of war.
What is the War Powers Act?
Directed by Oliver Stone in 1986, this movie featured a young Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp and Willem Dafoe. A young soldier faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
What is Platoon?
In 1908, this became the first automobile made by Ford.
What is the Model T?
This actor portrayed Superman in the original cinematic trilogy. He suffered a horrible accident that left him paralyzed and died at the young age of 52.
Who is Christopher Reeve?