... with orders to patrol the area near the islands and "stimulate and measure" North Vietnamese and Chinese radar. On August 2, the Maddox reported picking up radio transmissions indicating a possible attack on the ship. The Maddox radioed to the naval headquarters in Hawaii saying that to continue patrolling close to shore posed "an unacceptable risk." Headquarters" reply was that the Maddox ... the chances of a U.S. or British aircraft being shot down. Saddam Hussein condemned the attacks saying the strikes were "evidence that the U.S. -- aligned with the Zionist entity Israel -- planned...

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... . "According to the government, on August 1 and 4 North Vietnamese patrol boats launched two unprovoked attacks on American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. "Within hours of the second (disputed) attack, the United States launched air strikes against the North, destroying twenty-five patrol boats and some oil storage facilities. " (Hopkins, pg. 43) With this decision alone, President Johnson escalated the ... Johnson order the bombing of two North Vietnamese targets, Congress authorized the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. This gave the president authority "to take all necessary measures to r...

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... effort over a relatively short period. These events began to foreshadow the Vietnamese's coming psychological victory. In January of 1968, American forces captured a pair of NVA operation orders calling for an attack on Pleiku before the Tet, and targeting Ban Me Thuot for assault. Two days prior to the Tet, agents of the South Vietnamese Military Service arrested eleven Vietcong leaders that ... cities. Too many warnings of the offensive were ignored. However, the U.S. Intelligence Analysts refused to believe that the Vietcong and the NVA were capable of executing such a large scale, c...

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... Fiasco, which lasted from April 17-22, 1961, was a huge failure. Still Kennedy persisted in attempting to overthrow Castro. Twelve Hundred Cuban exiles launched an attack, invading Cuba's Bay of Pigs. After three days, it failed miserably for numerous of reasons. A lack of good intelligence from the CIA, poor planning ... the US in the Middle East. "In May 1967, Egypt and Syria took a number of steps which led Israel to believe that an Arab attack was in the near future."" On May 16, The President of Egypt, Nasser ordered a withdrawal of the United Nations Emergency Forces located on th...

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... b/c he is communist. And the US comes to provide supplies along with military and financial aid. 80% of stuff in Vietnam. The French try to lure him into attack and destroy him forever. • Dien Bien Phu- The French forces are almost completely wiped out. The French are out. What to do next. • The ... congress that he needs to do stuff against the North Vietnamese. They never declare war on North Vietnam. • Ground Troops- There is an attack on an Am. Base- plaiku. In this attack 8 were killed and 176 were wounded. He beings to send in the marines then the army. There is a growing num...

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... started when President Johnson approved secret raids against North Vietnam by South Vietnamese troops. After only one attack by the South Vietnamese the North sent a fleet to attack and torpedo the US destroyer " Maddox". President Johnson warned the North that one more attack would bring a counter-attack and on August 4, 1964 President Johnson declared that the North had pressed thier hand and attacked again ... , and so he had no choice but to order an air strike against North Vietnam. Americans at the time doubted the attack of the North Vietnamese, but there has never been any proof ...

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... . American's thought that Vietnam was thought to be the gateway for China and Soviet Union. South Vietnam was thought to be vulnerable to attack from these countries. Ho Chi Minh wants to unify Vietnam. Eisenhower felt that South Vietnam was essential to western Security. John F. Kennedy ... patrolled off the North Vietnam coast, in the Gulf of Tonkin. South Vietnamese have been attacking this coast for weeks. The destroyers came under attack. Johnson retaliates against the North Vietnam. On August 5, Johnson informs the public "We knew that the hostile actions against the US ship on .....

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... with finances, supplies and weaponry. On August 4, 1964, the captain of the U.S.S. Maddox, which was stationed outside of South Vietnam, reported that it was under attack by North Vietnam forces. Though the captain later said no attack took place, six hors later a retaliation, was placed by American forces. In 1964 America had a new president by the name of Lyndon Johnson, and on ... the power to take whatever action necessary to defend South Vietnam. After the Vietnam War, this would be the last time in which a president would receive such personal ability to attack in a war in whateve...

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... many respects, the area wars without front lines together with guerilla tactics were out of our nation's beginnings, while the sophisticated hardware presaged the future automated battlefield management systems." To attack a man and kill him, your best shot is to go for the heart. Looking at Vietnam and were their heart lays you can not but help to try to insert ... used in previous wars. The key military strategy of the NVA and VC was to retain the initiative through offensive action. They intended to avoid allied strong points and to attack the weak spots of their choice. While they m...

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... than the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was an everyday issue during sixties, and affected the lives of most Americans. Unfortunately Vietnam has historically been under attack or control from outside countries, and such was the case at the end of World War 2, when the French refused to leave. However, the ... still was getting nowhere. The main reason the U.S. was getting nowhere is because the really didn't know where they were going, they had no plan of attack; no plan to win the war! The war reached its peak in 1968 with the Tet Offensive. The U.S. took loses during the Tet Offensive a...

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... involved physically. The U.S. entered the war soon after the attacks of North Vietnam on American ships. President Johnson had ordered retaliation by initiating the Rolling Thunder Operation? which started an attack on North Vietnam to convince that communism would and could not win. America's firm stance against communism was the major reason for its involvement in the Vietnam War. Any communist ... a militia using a strong tactic called guerilla warfare. Guerilla warfare was a method stressing deception and ambushes. The U.S. was not used to something this difficult. Guerilla warfare ...

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... authorities in the cities. In early September, in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the formation of a new provisional Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 31. In December 1945, Vietminh forces launched a surprise attack on French installations in Hanoi while their main force units withdrew to prepare positions in the mountains north of the city. They did this because the relationships between the French ... and the DMV were growing increasingly tense, leading to bloody clashes on each side. The Vietnamese finally had enough and launched an attack. THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR 32. The French, confide...

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... 2nd, 1964. The " Maddox " had been in the Gulf of Tonkin ( international waters ), thirty miles off the coast of Vietnam. On August 3rd, 1964, President Johnson gave the right " to attack with the objective of destroying attacking forces ". Retaliation air attacks began on August 3rd. Their aim was to destroy North Vietnam's gunboat capability. As two more United States destroyers were ... hundred and eighty thousand Americans were in South Vietnam under General William S. Westmoreland. The U.S. mainly depended on superior firepower and helicopters. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese de...

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... . While shooting, his commander is hit by a B-52 and his stomach is torn apart. In the movie, Private Joker and his sergeant find themselves in the middle of an NVA attack. The sergeant is hit with a B-52 and his stomach is also torn apart. In both the movie and the novel, there are hookers roaming the street and prostituting themselves. In ... novel and the movie would be the women in the war. Private Joker and his platoon are on the battlefield right in the middle of the city were they were attack by a sniper. The sniper killed three of the soldiers. The sniper turns out to be a female...

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... ' registered a radar mix-up and thought it was being attacked. The President was told, and he went public and stated they were under attack even though a second message was relayed saying it was an error and not attack. The President ignored this and led the public to believe they were being attacked. He did this as he wanted to grasp hold of ... ...

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... was more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1960, Soviet Premier Khrushchev supplied Cuba with nuclear missiles that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear missile attack. During the summer of 1962, U. S. spy planes flying over Cuba photographed Soviet managed construction sites and spotted the first missile on October 14. Kennedy consulted with advisors for seven days ... Kennedy gave the signal on February 14, 1962 "to return fire if fired upon." (Hooland 126). In 1965, the united states began to bomb North Vietnam because of an alleged attack on united sta...

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... the North Vietnamese. He also was able to gain the Tonkin Gulf Resolution from Congress. This resolution gave him the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. The build-up of United States forces in South Vietnam increased after this incident as well. The first US ... 9:03am on 8 March 1965. These troops were Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. On March 30th the Vietcong launched an offensive against the United States Embassy in Saigon. This attack did not deter President John...

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... deserters of the NVA and were cut off from the rest of A- Company (www.nvo.org/vv98/other/010031.htm, 2001.). By noon two NVA regiments were in place to attack the LZ. B-Company had moved through the jungle and contact was made with the NVA forces. B-Company was now cut-off from the rest off the 2nd platoon. At the ... NVA companies. The 2nd platoon was still cut-off from A-Company; they stayed in the jungle fighting with very little hope of returning. The Viet Cong Battalion was ordered to attack the south side of the LZ at 0800 hours the very next day; C-Company was there to defend th...

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... of the American operations. The Khmer Rouge was very angered at the attacks on the Ho Che Minh trail and decided to attack the capitol of Cambodia. Lon Nol soon became aware that the Khmer Rouge was about to attack the capitol and asked for American help in fighting the rebels. The rebel forces had gotten extremely huge by 1975 and took ... ...

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... Vietnam from "political struggle" to "armed struggle." By December 31st, 1962, 11,300 U.S. military personnel were in Vietnam; South Vietnam Armed Forces strength was at 243,000 troops. The first attack was on August 2nd, 1964, when North Vietnam attacked the USS Maddox, a U.S. destroyer, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Nearly two days later, another U.S. Destroyer, Turner Joy, reported an ... attack by North Vietnamese patrol boats. In October, the Viet Cong attacked Bien Hoa Air Base, six U.S. B-57 bombers were destroyed, and five American service personnel were killed. In March of ... ...

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... from South Vietnam, at the same time increasing transportation and weapon supplies so that South Vietnam could continue the war. He also ordered a series of violent attacks; the most important attack was the invasion of Cambodia in 1970, in an attempt to cut off supply routes from North to South Vietnam through Cambodia. The announcement on April 30, 1970, of President ... ...

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... but that is not what bothers me from time to time. I killed a pregnant woman, she was VC and running with seven others through a rice paddy when I put in my target attack. There was no way I could know she was a woman, much less that she was pregnant but it still comes back to me from time to time. Chris: What would you ... ...

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... (Encarta "Vietnam War-). This confrontation was the excuse to go to war the U.S. was waiting for, and President Johnson immediately ordered the first air strikes on North Vietnam following a second attack on the USS TurnerJoy (Encarta "Vietnam War-). These attacks on U.S. ships were seen as acts of war, and President Johnson was given full "war-making powers- by Congress (Encarta "Vietnam ... ...

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... , a small village in the southern part of Quang Ngai. When they arrived at Duc Pho, they found the villages destroyed. On January 30th, the Viet Cong and NVA launched an attack in South Vietnam, known as the Tet Offensive. (Donelson 273). Charlie Company suffered many casualties, although never came close to any Ciet Cong. The Viet Cong set up mines and ... ...

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... War was the most controversial war in U.S. history. Also called the Indochina War, it was said to have been started in 1957 when communist rebels of North Vietnam launched an attack on The South. The country was divided because of the communistic views of the North. Because the North was trying to take over and make it a communist country the U.S. then ... ...

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