Former Intrepid crew member and Arizona senator who flew off the Intrepid
Who is John McCain?
100
Incident in which the USS Maddox claimed to be attacked by North Vietnamese naval forces which allowed President Johnson to draft a resolution to go to war
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
100
The Communist leader of North Vietnam who inspired North Vietnamese to fight.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
100
The United States primary anti-aircraft heat-seeking missile during the Vietnam war
What is the sidewinder missile
100
The theory that suggested if one country should fall to communism than another one nearby would and then another nearby that one would until a vast majority of countries were communist.
What is the domino theory?
200
The number of tours of combat the Intrepid did during Vietnam.
What is three?
200
Massive attack launched by North Vietnam on January 30, 1968 on most major cities throughout South Vietnam.
What is the Tet Offensive?
200
Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War who was considered on of Washington's "Best and Brightest"
Who is Robert McNamara?
200
More than 21,000,000 gallons of this herbicide and defoliant was sprayed across South Vietnam exposing 4.8 million Vietnamese to it.
What is agent orange?
200
This country had imperialistic claims on Vietnam up until the 1950's and was an ally of the United States.
What is France?
300
Main aircraft used by Intrepid squadrons during the Vietnam war
What is the Skyhawk?
300
Bombing campaign over North Vietnam engineered by General Westmoreland.
What is Rolling Thunder?
300
The president of South Vietnam after the Geneva Accords who the United States supported before the war escalated in the mid-1960's. Often referred to as "the puppet who pulled his own strings".
Who is Ngo Din Diem?
300
Primary US infantry rifle introduced in the Vietnam war and still used by the military to this day.
What is the M-16?
300
A demonstration held on a college campus to protest the war that became so rowdy that the National Guard was called in and eventually killed 4 students.
What is the Ohio Kent State massacre?
400
The Intrepid spent its time in Vietnam in this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
400
Siege in which United States marines were surounded by NVA forces. Mirrored the battle of Dien Bien Phu between the French and Vietnamese, but ultimately the Americans prevailed with the help of B-52 bombers. (Hint mentioned in Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA")
What is Khe Sanh?
400
General who commanded American military operations in Vietnam during the mid to late 1960's.
Who is William Westmoreland?
400
An highly flammable fluid that was used frequently when ground forces needed assistance.
What is Napalm?
400
Organization of young radicals who defined the United States' liberal New Left by leading demonstrations and protests against the war.
What is Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?
500
This pilot shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-21 in 1968 flying a supersonic Crusader.
Who is Anthony Nargi?
500
An example of the stress of the Vietnam War in which American soldiers massacred a village while looking for VC.
What is My Lai Massacre?
500
The last emperor of Vietnam criticized for being influenced too heavily by the French.
Who is Bao Dai?
500
An anti tank weapon that replaced the bazooka as the United States' primary anti-tank weapon after the Korean War.
What is the M27 LAW rocket (Light anti-tank)?
500
The agreement reached with the French and Vietnamese after the Vietnamese victory at Dien Bien Phu which among other things split the country into North and South Vietnam.