https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx Made with LBJ en-us 2018-12-06 16:30:39 UTC 2025-10-21 13:58:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921347 After North Vietnam bombed our ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, we joined into the war, using zippo raids where we burned down villages, and such to try to kill off the communism we couldn't see.]]> 2018-12-06 17:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921347 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921485 The United States ships are attacked by North Vietnam while in a demilitarized zone. This brings the United States from a supplier, and an advisor to an active opponent in the war]]> 2018-12-06 17:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921485 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921765 General Westmoreland told the media that we were winning the war against the communists. This unintentionally left some of the US troops unprepared for the Tet Offensive that was launched soon after.]]> 2018-12-06 17:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311921765 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311922259 The Tet Offensive was a surprise attack that was launched from multiple fronts at once. This injected the communists into the country so that it was impossible for the US to tell who were aggressors, and who we wanted to protect. It was so successful that the North Vietnam soldiers even penetrated the ground floor of the US embassy.]]> 2018-12-06 17:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311922259 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311923400 We attempted to fight the entire war in the air, but Anti Aircraft forces became too common in Vietnam, forcing us to enter the war with ground troops.]]> 2018-12-06 17:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311923400 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311929837 2018-12-06 17:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311929837 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311935430 2018-12-06 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311935430 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311938092 2018-12-06 17:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311938092 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311938533 2018-12-06 17:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311938533 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311939266 2018-12-06 17:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311939266 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311939717 Lots of music at the time expressed feeling about the war. Usually on the case against the war, with the anti-war movement on an increase]]> 2018-12-06 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311939717 01jmaerten https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311941034 Weapons were also innovated at the time so that people could kill more efficiently, and move more silently in the jungle. Machine guns were used often because sniping was not an efficient tactic]]> 2018-12-06 17:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/01jmaerten/nyh616hel2yx/wish/311941034