Vietnam War interview by Kenneth Morales

Vietnamization

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 14:59:49 UTC

It was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during th Vietnam War to end U.S involvement in the war and "expand, equip and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S combat troops."

Tet Offensive

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:03:04 UTC

The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of South Vietnam, the United States, and their Allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam.

Domino Theory

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:05:51 UTC

the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.

Media and War (Credibility Act)

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:07:15 UTC

People are seeing and hearing one thing from the media and soldiers from the Vietnam War, but are hearing different things from the President and Government. People are not sure who to believe.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutionm

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:08:59 UTC

he Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

passed by congress, it became the legal means for escalation of conflict, allowing the president to "take all necessary measures" to protect American forces and "prevent further aggression" in South Asia, response to an unprovoked attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, doubts were later raised as to whether the act of aggression had actually taken place. (August 10

Anti- War Movement

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:10:49 UTC

An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts

(1967- 1971

Students for a Democratic Society

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:13:08 UTC

Founded in 1962, the SDS was a popular college student organization that protested shortcomings in American life, notably racial injustice and the Vietnam War. It led thousands of campus protests before it split apart at the end of the 1960s.

The Draft

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:17:13 UTC

Soldiers were drafted and sent to fight in the vietnam war. The american military could draft men to fill the ranks of the armed forces, when volunteer enlistments were not enough to cover the military's needs. The draft was abolished in 1973

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

kmorales111 — 2015-03-06 15:18:38 UTC

Located in Washington D.C., The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a three-acre national memorial that honors all the U.S. service members who fought in the Vietnam war and died because of it. There are currently 58,286 names on the wall.

Prewar Answers

kmorales111 — 2015-03-23 14:57:49 UTC

War Experience Answers

kmorales111 — 2015-03-24 19:41:13 UTC

Postwar Answers

kmorales111 — 2015-03-24 19:43:34 UTC