LN:  Escala2on   Vietnam  War  

Escala2on   •  ____________=  ______military  advisors   •  _________=  By  1963,  ________  military   personnel  in  Vietnam   •  _______assassinated  _______   –  String  of  military  leaders  followed  =  all  ineffec2ve   –  Vietcong  influence  in  the  countryside  grew  steadily  

•  Tonkin  Gulf  _________   •  Tonkin  Gulf  _________  

Escala2on   •  _____:  Opera2on  _____________  ______________   –  ___________campaign  of  N.  _________  

•  _________1965  

–  First  official  U.S.  ________  __________land  at  ____  ________in  S.   Vietnam  

•  _______1965  

–  ____________  U.S.  combat  troops  figh2ng  the  Vietcong  

•  _______  of  _________  

–  _____________  U.S.  combat  troops   –  Gen.  _________________wasn’t  impressed  with  _________   –  They  needed  U.S.  troops  to  ________them  

•  End  0f  ________  

–  _____________  U.S.  Combat  troops  

• 

Figh2ng  in  the  __________     An  _________enemy  

–  _______terrain  +  Vietcong  __________tac2cs  =  frustra2ng  stalemate   •  Even  though  U.S.  had  superior  weapons  &  technology  

–  _______&  ______tac2cs  

•  Hidden  ___________in  the  jungle  made  it  easy  to  “______________”   •  Used  jungle  to  their  ___________  

–  Vietcong  lived  amongst  the  ___________popula2on  

•  A]acks  came  ___________,  ___________   •  U.S.  couldn’t  tell  who  was  ____________,  who  was  ________   •  _______________spies  were  everywhere  

–  _______traps,  land  _________  

•  Heat,  jungle,  rain   •  Had  to  watch  every  step  they  took  

Tunnel  System    

War  of  ____________    

•  Gen.  _______________plan  

–  Kill  as  many  ____________as  possible   –  No  ____________military  ___________   –  _______them  ________   –  _______  ________  

•  We  ____________the  ________   –  It  didn’t  ma]er  how  many  we  killed   •  Westmoreland,  “we  never  lost  a  ba]le”  

–  They  were  figh2ng  for  their  very  existence  

Ba]le  for  “_______&  _______”    

•  Tried  to  win  over  S.  __________  _________so   ____________would  lose  their  support   •  “We  had  to  _________the  town  in  order  to   _______  it”   –  ________:  gasoline-­‐based  bomb  that  set  fire  to  the   jungle   –  Agent  _______:  a  leaf  killing  toxic  chemical   –  _______and  _______Missions:  uprooted  civilians,   killed  livestock,  burned  villages  to  root  out  the   Vietcong  

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Sinking  __________     U.S.  troops  very  frustrated   –  ________tac2cs   –  _______,  __________   –  ________to  make  any  strides  towards  __________  

•  Philip  Caputo:  

–  “When  we  marched  into  the  rice  paddies,  we  carried,  along  with  our   packs  and  rifles,  the  implicit  convic2ons  that  the  Vietcong  could  be  quickly   beaten.  We  kept  the  packs  and  rifles;  the  convic2ons  we  lost.”  

•  Losing  support  at  ________  

–  American  people  &  government  not  suppor2ng  the  men  who  were   figh2ng  and  dying  for  them  =  REAL  TRAGEDY   –  “You  were  faithful.  Your  country  is  not.  As  I  write  this,  eleven  years  aier   your  death,  the  country  for  which  you  died  wishes  to  forget  the  war  in   which  you  died.”  Philip  Caputo