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Before President Johnson dispatched the first wave of soliders to South Vietnam territory or the da nang in march in 1965, the U.S had prepared them for war years bfore
because of President of Eisenhower domino theroy could be the first propaganda effort before the war.

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The Bomb damage aftfer the war was major because there was reported to be 20 million bomb craters after the war. To this day there is many bomb craters that yet hasd to be filled in Vietnam (south and North)

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The Vietcong were the main opponent in the Vietnam War. The Vietcong defeated the United States and South Vietnamese with the support of the Soviet Union. The Vietcong attempted to unite all of Vietnam which led to escalation.

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The Vietnam War has been depicted in many movies since its end in 1975. For example the following photo depicts Forrest Gump holding his friend Bubba during his final moments on the battlefield. Forrest Gump showed how years after the Vietnam War was over that the American people should still remember how brutal the battlefield was and how little we got out of the Vietnam War.

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Napalm was also referred to as Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. If you got it on your skin it was essentially impossible to wash off and would burn people to the bone in ten minutes. The use of napalm in Vietnam is one of the United States' largest war crimes. Now a days the U.S. prohibits the use of chemical weapons in war.

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While the war was occurring many citizens turned to the music icons of the decade for hope. The Beatles were a way to forget what was going on. They added to the anti-war movements, and were a form of hope.

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"The cause of the war did not justify the amount of losses suffered." -Max Roberts

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"Modest due diligence could have side-stepped the whole waste of time."- Max Roberts

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"Brotherhood among the marines was not familial or interpersonal, but tribal or corporate." - Max Roberts

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"Vietnam was a misadventure." - Max Roberts

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peace used as a weapon

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The anti war movements started off small with peace activists on college campuses. Anti-war marches began to occur, and students began began to gain a large amount of support over the span of three years. The support peaked after the Tet Offensive incident by North Vietnamese troops.

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a napalm bomb exploding

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Many veterans did not come home to open arms, they faced rejection. Some faced verbal and physical assault.Soldiers did not speak of the events, in hopes of putting the war behind them, and many discarded their uniforms Many soldiers suffered from depression and PTSD.

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communist leader in vietnam.

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1950: The MIlitary Assistance Advisory Group {MAAG} helps the french in defeating Viet Minh communist forces

1953:US General Douglas Mcarthur loans the french airplanes to begin Operation Castor. In result, the planes flew over Dien Bien Phu in the northwest of Vietnam

1954: The french are defeated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu by the Viet Minh which ended the french involvement in Vietnam

The U.S.;U.K.;China;Soviet Union meet in what is known to be the Geneva Conference. A consequence of this conference was the separation of North and South Vietnam from each other.

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Napalm became one of the most efficient weapons during the Vietnam War. It was originally used as flame throwers during the war but the Americans and ARVN. Eventually, US troops began to drop Napalm bombs on Vietnam causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries among soldiers,women and kids.

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watching an unfiltered vision of the war

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At this point before the war many American households had TVs in their room and the media was able to broadcast unfiltered material due to the new laws passed.

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a loved one running to a man that has just came back from war in Vietnam

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Some of the reasons we went to war with Vietnam had to do with consequences of the Cold War. It was the simple belief that America thought communism would spread.

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Dentist work in Vietnam

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a group of soldiers carrying a young boy from an explosion

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a protest against drawing for participation in war.

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Before the Vietnam war started there was fighting in Vietnam. Vietnam was occupied by two different foreign groups, the French and Japanese. In 1941 communist leader Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam, and this was when communism began to rise.,

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located near Constitution Gardens on the National Mall and
northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. It stands as a symbol of
America's honor and recognition of the men and women who served and sacrificed
their lives in the Vietnam War.

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On August 2nd, 1964, North Vietnamese boats fired upon United States Naval Boats that were sailing ten miles off of North Vietnam in support of the South Vietnamese. President Johnson asked Congress to react and the House and Senate responded with an almost unanimous decision to take all neccessary measures to deal with the North Vietnamese aggression.