https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf A timeline of why we shipped our youth to another country halfway across the world. en-us 2020-12-04 20:29:45 UTC 2023-01-22 00:28:47 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.goway.com/media/uploads/flags/vietnam_waving_flag.jpg ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989228353 The fear of communism has begun its infection of American minds. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia would be the inciting incident to release plague of thought.


]]> 2020-12-04 20:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989228353 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989228724 A few days before May 1st, a plot was uncovered to mail over 20 bombs to government officials on International Workers Day. International Workers Day was a holiday mainly celebrated by communists, socialists, and anarchists. The plot to bomb these officials was created by anarchists, which would further grow anti-communist thought.

]]> 2020-12-04 20:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989228724 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989299210 Ho Chi Minh was a communist leader, who had visited Soviet Russia and made direct contact with Stalin, Trotsky, and Lenin. Upon his return to Indo-China he would form the Communist Party, and begin pushing against the French occupation of Vietnam.]]> 2020-12-04 21:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989299210 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989336955 After Japan was defeated(which was occupying Vietnam during world war 2) France begins reinstating control over Vietnam. In response to this, Ho Chi Minh declared North Vietnam independent. This new state would be called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.]]> 2020-12-04 21:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989336955 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989368011 In a speech President Truman declares that the United States will intervene in any foreign country that is being threatened by predatory communist practices. This speech would also be the mark for the starting of the cold war.]]> 2020-12-04 21:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989368011 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989393933 This was a very important point in the Cold War despite still being so early on. This successful detonation showed the west that a direct conflict with the Soviets would most likely lead to mutually assured destruction for both sides. This would bring in the idea of having indirect conflicts such as proxy wars, like the one that would take place in Vietnam]]> 2020-12-04 22:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989393933 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989405642 Following the events of World War 2 it became clear to Americans how much of a threat the Soviets could become. Their military strength was vast and could be a contender for the United States. The Second Red Scare would continue all throughout the Cold War but peek in the 1950's in the age of McCarthyism. ]]> 2020-12-04 22:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989405642 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989427621 During the time period between 1950 - 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy would spread anti-communist rhetoric to the masses. He would hold trials often falsely accusing rival politicians or  sometimes just random people of being communists. During this time 2 men who were convicted of stealing secrets from the Manhattan Project were sentenced  to death. This is important because there was an expectation that execution would be too harsh and clemency would be granted. However no one would call for clemency due to the fact they were afraid of being accused of being communists by McCarthy. Below is the radio announcement of their execution:
https://soundcloud.com/the-miller-center-at-uva/radio-report-on-rosenberg-execution]]> 2020-12-04 22:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989427621 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989446156 2020-12-04 22:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989446156 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989449819 In this famous speech President Eisenhower warns the American people that if Vietnam falls to communist rule, than it would end up starting a domino effect in all of east Asia. Americans began to fear more of the spread of communism conquering more and more of the world.]]> 2020-12-04 22:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989449819 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989467549 In order to support the southern regime against the Viet Cong President John F. Kennedy sends 400 Green Barret to assist. Thought this would be seen as the first real movement of troops into Vietnam it would not spark the beginning of the war just yet.]]> 2020-12-04 22:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989467549 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989473204 Thich Quang Duc was a Buddhist monk who was angry at the South Vietnamese Government for their persecution of Buddhists. On the 11th of June, 1963, He would walk into an intersection in a large city in South Vietnam and then proceed to light himself on fire in an act of sacrifice and protest. This act was recognized heavily by the Americans who were already losing support for the South Vietnamese. Many other monks would follow suit soon after and meet similar fates.]]> 2020-12-04 22:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989473204 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989483680 After a supposed attack on the ship the USS Maddox by the North Vietnamese leaders, the current President: Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes air strikes on North Vietnamese Ships.]]> 2020-12-04 23:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989483680 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989497175 After Viet Cong attacks on American military camps in south Vietnam, President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder. This operation was a 3 year long bombing campaign over North Vietnam would kill over 30,000 Civilians and cause public support for the war to plummet. ]]> 2020-12-04 23:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989497175 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989503386 Only a few days after the start of Operation Rolling Thunder, American troops would land on the shores of South Vietnam. At this point public support was only a bit against the war as now American soldiers were being sent to die in a war halfway across the world. From here on out support would drop though as the thought of fighting communism didn't justify the deaths of young American soldiers.]]> 2020-12-04 23:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989503386 ncruz221 https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989510632 By this time tens of thousands of American Soldiers have died in Vietnam and anti-war protests are taking place all over the United States. Even public figures such as Walter Cronkite the famous News anchor who informed the US of the assassination of JFK, spoke out against the war in an amazing speech aired live.]]> 2020-12-04 23:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ncruz221/l7zwpzcqdi0bthqf/wish/989510632