... million people during the war and forty-five million tons of material. "The only problem with trying to execute a battle plan on the Ho Chi Minh trail which always ran into an algorithmic error created by the inversion of the 1962 Laos Accords. As a result of the Accords the United States and North ... attacks against the Laotian panhandle. This provided to be a massive failure in logic. Western Laos was strategically insignificant, but because of the Ho Chi Minh trail which ran its length the Laotain panhandle was what the military would call key terrain-terrain so important that it con...

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... over as president. JFK had planned to remove troops in Vietnam, according to historians. Defense Attorney Robert McNamara supports a strong stand in Vietnam. North Vietnamese infiltrate the Ho Chi Minh trail. In 1964 Hanoi increased infiltration. Johnson sends Military chief to direct military policy. General Maxwell D. Taylor became Ambassador, he thought it was only for a year. August 4, 1964 two US Destroyers ... . All forces was used for survival in the North and Victory in the South. The Ho Chi Mahn is used for a life line for the North. The Ho Chi Mahn trail is seen by the US, as b...

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... was an extreme effort to destroy routes of communication and transportation from North Vietnam to South Vietnam on the Ho Chi Minh trail. President Lyndon Johnson sent the order to Barrel Roll for maximum effort against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Barrel Roll traversed the Northeastern part of Laos. Barrel Roll was a combination of high altitude bombing runs by massive eight-engined ... in the tall grass. Between the massive carpet runs from the B-52's and the short range air to ground sniper like attacks of the AT-28's the Ho Chi Minh trail stayed clear of any possible enemy snake(Haas 164)...

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... troops. Nixon observed that the North Vietnamese army was gaining heavily in their strengths, with a majority of their equipment being shipped through the Ho Che Minh trail. Nixon saw a perfect opportunity to try to cut out the supply lines. He believed that a secret bombing in Cambodia would hurt the North Vietnamese. ... very angered at the prince of Cambodia. Prince Sihanouk was 5 accused of helping the United States by not stopping the bombings of the Ho Che Minh trail. In effect, the North Vietnamese armed Cambodian rebels known as the Khmer Rouge to fight against the government. Th...

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... proceed with Giap's "uprising," Giap began a massive buildup of troops, equipment, and supplies in South Vietnam. First, thousands of guns and munitions were bought southward along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Ho Chi Minh Trail was the vital Vietcong (also known as the South Vietnamese) supply line that twisted through the jungles of North Vietnam in a southward direction. This ... trail also served as a transportation route for food and medical supplies being brought to the South part of Vietnam. Tens thousands of troops poured down from the North, infiltrated the countryside, ... ...

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... one shot. The Marine sniper pulled the scope back to the rear position, cycled his bolt and centered his sights on the woman's body heaped in the center of the trail. The next bullet ripped through her shoulder and into both lungs, scrambling vital organs to a pulp. (Henderson, Marine Sniper, Pg.118) Hathcock who never enjoyed killing, saying it was his ... do. Carlos hated to sit around doing nothing. The patrol was a string of armored personnel carriers, which Carlos rode in along with several other Marines. As they pulled off a main trail Hathcock had an uneasy feeling in his stomach...

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... called the Vietnamesation of the war- pull US out and gradually let the south fight. He also proposes that they expand the bombing campaign in Vietnam. The Ho Chi Ming trail was that he sent troops to Saigon and went through Cambodia so the US would not bomb them, but he does bomb it to stop the ... trail. The US does w/drawl but the last troop doesn't pull out till 1975 5 yrs. Later. • Why did the U.S. lose the war? Saigon was captured and the Vietnam went communist. ... ...

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... of the Vietnam War. Laos played a critical role, because supplies from the Communist North Vietnam traveling to its troops were supplied along the Ho Chi Minh trail, which passed through Laos. Fighting occurred along this trail and in surrounding regions in Laos quite frequently. But US military efforts there were not known to the public because the US wanted to avoid international ... ...

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... differently. Some see it as dealing with the guilt, some see it as dealing with the anxiety, and some think of it as plainly losing all emotion and turning into demon. The men changing is a main reason due to the fear, and anxiety, but there are other reasons why people change as well. Taking order is another way a man can change ... ...

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... adversity can really grasp the mental conflict these men were forced to handle. In the story it talks about things that they no longer needed, they just dropped on the trail and walked away. And all the characters struggled with the fact that they could not just drop the mental baggage they carry, as much as they may want to. They ... ...

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... in Laos on a Special Forces mission. I was able to crash land my helicopter on a grassy hilltop right in the middle of an NVA regiment just off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We were on the ground for almost five hours before they could get a chopper in to get us. The reason the NVA did not try to capture us was that ... ...

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... , and was supporting South Vietnam's commando missions, destroying bridges, railroads, and coastal installations, throughout North Vietnam (Encarta "Vietnam War-). After Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail, the Viet Cong began recruiting and organizing and army to face a full-scale U.S. military intervention (Encarta "Vietnam War-). Just like in Korea, Vietnam became the newest stage for a competition in ... ...

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... all the people were killed. He said that he thought they were men, women and children. he recalled seeing a small boy, about three or four years old, standing by the trail with a gunshot would in one arm. The boy was clutching his wounded a rm with his other hand, while blood trickled between his fingers. He was s taring around himself in shock ... ...

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... the night, with no head lights guided by white markers along the roads. B-52's bombed the narrow roads through the Mu Gia Pass which lead to the Ho Chi Minh Trail. With in days the "youth shock brigades" filled in the holes and the roads were operational again....

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... war efforts in South Vietnam depended heavily on the flow of troops, equipment, and supplies. The troops and most of the supplies moved through a major route named "Ho Chi Minh trail." The route was long, and slow-moving. It normally took three to six months to for a truck, barge, ox cart, or a bicycle to reach their destination. Nevertheless, the route meet ... ...

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... coastal installations. Johnson also ordered the U.S. Navy to conduct surveillance missions along the North Vietnamese coast. He increased the secret bombing of territory in Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a growing network of paths and roads used by the North Vietnamese to transport supplies into South Vietnam.In February 1965 the U.S launched operation Rolling Thunder, which was the massive bombing ... ...

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... actions set off major protests on American College campuses. In 1971, the South Vietnamese forces tried to stop the North Vietnamese infiltration into the south along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Their efforts, however, were thwarted within a matter of weeks. In March of 1972, the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale offensive into the south and occupied much of the territory. By ... ...

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... to hide his contempt for the Iraqi regime because of the assassination attempt on his father while he was Kuwait. President Bush made mention of this while on the campaign trail as well as to the U.N. general assembly while making a case against Iraq. The difference between the two Presidents however, is their abilities as a politician. President Johnson was by far one ... ...

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... pull the US out of involvement in Vietnam he choose not to, he actually increased his aids to south Vietnam. He poured more money and bombed the Ho Chi Minh trail. The Gulf on Tonking incident provide the excuse needed by President Johnson to seize control of the war and send troops into Vietnam and win the war. On the 11th ... ...

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... the Vietnam War in the "secret war" in Laos. The Hmong fought tenaciously and bravely, rescuing downed American pilots in the jungles and disrupting supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. When Saigon fell in 1975 and the American forces withdrew, the Hmong were left in the hands of their enemies. In fear of persecution, thousands fled through the jungles and ... ...

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... during this battle. The main US objective through out the war was to try to stop the North Vietnamese from bringing supplies into Southern Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh trail. One of the largest bombing campaigns was done to this route. The United States dropped 605,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam during the first three years of American ... ...

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... Sihanouk of Cambodia, the Vietcong developed a primitive route along the Vietnam/Cambodian border with offshoots into Vietnam along its entire length. This eventually became known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail" (Duiker 62). With this, the neighboring country of Cambodia was on the side of the North. South Vietnam became uneasy, and assistance was needed to fight against the communist North ... ...

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... private army in the jungle in Cambodia and is worshipped as a god by a native tribe's people. Captain Willard travels up the Nung River into off-limits Cambodia to follow Kurtz's trail to his remote stronghold island by means of a Navy Patrol Boat. The boat's crew is a young group of draftees. Willard introduces them by saying, "The crew were mostly just kids ... ...

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... , and was supporting South Vietnam's commando missions, destroying bridges, railroads, and coastal installations, throughout North Vietnam (Encarta "Vietnam War-). After Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail, the Viet Cong began recruiting and organizing and army to face a full-scale U.S. military intervention (Encarta "Vietnam War-). Just like in Korea, Vietnam became the newest stage for a competition in ... ...

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... . This was the only war crime that was brought to trial by the courts, and this only happened because of pressure from some newspapers. Lieutenant William Calley was put on trail for the slaughter of 109 innocent civilians. He got life but served only three months. Critics said that it was hypocritical standing one man on trial for war crimes when ... ...

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