Vietnam Period 5 by Debra Fehrenbacher https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49 “If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace en-us 2019-03-22 13:13:03 UTC 2026-03-07 20:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Christian, Aj, Joe https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344295753 The terrain was extremely harsh and there were around 60,000 American deaths and about 1/6 were not combat related. ]]> 2019-03-22 16:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344295753 Stephanie Chavez https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344295834 "I do not believe that the men that served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserved. It  was difficult against an unorthodox  enemy" -William Westmoreland]]> 2019-03-22 16:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344295834 https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344297870 Gaby]]> 2019-03-22 16:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344297870 AJ Cappelletti, Joe Selby, Kujat https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344298986 2019-03-22 16:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344298986 Isabelle Edrada https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344299172 Tet Offensive (Turning point in the war) ]]> 2019-03-22 16:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344299172 Malak M., Valeria V., Mady G. https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344299828 The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.]]> 2019-03-22 16:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344299828 Nelli, Michelle, Hector https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344301532 Kennedy wanted to get the U.S. military out of vietnam but couldn't figure out how.


]]> 2019-03-22 16:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344301532 https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344301671 Malak M., Valeria V., Mady G. ]]> 2019-03-22 16:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344301671 John, Cynthia, Amina https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344302644 Resulted in North Vietnamese Victory ]]> 2019-03-22 16:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344302644 https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344303871 Malak M. Valeria. Madysen]]> 2019-03-22 16:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344303871 Madysen, Valeria, Malak https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344303971 2019-03-22 16:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344303971 Jordan, Krystina, Leo https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304090 Burning draft cards in protest]]> 2019-03-22 16:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304090 John, Cynthia, Amina https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304225 The war started because the French had colonies in Vietnam. ]]> 2019-03-22 16:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304225 Isabelle Edrada https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304298 Letters written about the Tet Offensive by a man identified as "Cofty" ]]> 2019-03-22 16:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344304298 Dalila and Noah https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305236 "It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home" -
Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones]]> 2019-03-22 16:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305236 https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305344 2019-03-22 16:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305344 Dalila and Noah https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305446 ¨It is not often you see “enemies” cradling each other. However, the American GIs often showed compassion toward the Viet Cong.¨ ]]> 2019-03-22 16:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305446 Coralia, Judith, Tyler https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305640 Us anti-war movement ]]> 2019-03-22 16:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305640 Dalila and Noah https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305738 Jeffrey Miller, the victim in the famous photo taken by John Filo at the shooting at Kent State.]]> 2019-03-22 16:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305738 Christian, Aj, Joe https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305841 2019-03-22 16:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344305841 AJ Cappelletti, Joe Selby, Kujat https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344307232 Movies based on the Vietnam War]]> 2019-03-22 16:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344307232 Cappelletti, Selby, Kujat https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344308186 "I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned patriosm includes protest, not just military service" - John Kelly

]]> 2019-03-22 16:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344308186 Dalila and Noah https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344309727 ¨I was the only doctor captured in the 10-year Vietnam War. I was back from the dead.

We prisoners endured unspeakable horror, brutality and deprivation, and we saw and experienced things no human should ever witness¨ (Kushner, USA Today).

]]> 2019-03-22 17:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344309727 Dalila and Noah https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344311190 ¨I vividly remember trembling with fear from the incoming shells in the mud-filled holes at Con Thien, wishing the shelling would stop and we could fight hand-to-hand. I remember those feelings like it was yesterday¨ (Harris, USA Today).]]> 2019-03-22 17:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fehrenbadl/meop18b0bn49/wish/344311190