... . We could not back down now, what would that say about our country? No one would ever take us seriously again. On August 2, 1964 the USS Maddox was off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, when it was fired upon by some North Vietnam gunboats. There is a large dispute on whether there was a second attack or not ... more and more. Communication between the North and the South was worsening due to the Vietcong. Roads between the two and other communication lines including the railroad running along the coast were cut in innumerable places by the Vietcong. More and more the no...

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... party in 1930 and president from 1945 -69 of the democratic republic of Vietnam. Gulf of Tonkin incident- is the body of water that lies on the east coast of n. Vietnam and the west coast of the island hainan. This was the waters for the staging area of the U.S. seventh fleet. Eventually led to the escalation and official documentation of U.S. involvement in ... ...

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... military policy. General Maxwell D. Taylor became Ambassador, he thought it was only for a year. August 4, 1964 two US Destroyers 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 ... ...

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THE LAND 1. Vietnam, first of all, is an oddly shaped country, stretching like a letter "S- along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia from the Chinese border to the gulf of Thailand. Vietnam measures over 1,000 miles from north to south and often less than 100 miles from east ... the South-) was a response to the growing need to locate additional cultivatable land for the peasants living in the crowded Red River Delta. The most available land was along the coast to the south, a region that was controlled by an Indianized trading state known a Champa. Over the next several hundred years, riv...

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Vietnam is a small country on the coast of South East Asia. This tiny country has long been ravished by war and conquering neighbors. From the ancient time with one thousand years of dominance from China, to the ... ...

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... we really weren't sure who was friendly and who were not. Roads were almost nonexistent. The one road that passed our compound was called Highway one; it ran along the coast from the Southern tip of Vietnam to the DMZ. A book was written about this road, years before our involvement called, "Street Without Joy." Chris: How did you feel when you ... ...

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... for distinct confrontations. The army became the new focus of military expansion and advancement, with increased funding and recruitment (Chant 9). By 1964, the U.S. had begun surveillance of the North Vietnamese coast, 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 ... ...

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... and so, three Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the U.S. destroyer, " Maddox " on August 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 ... ...

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On March 16, 1968, commanding officers of the United States army instructed a group of American troops into the quiet village of Son My, only a kilometer from the coast of Vietnam in Quang Ngai Province. The U.S called the Vietnam Cong village My Lai 4. These men were told to wipe out the village including every man, woman, child, and animal ... ...

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... top-secret, covert attacks against North Vietnamese territory, including commando raids against bridges, railways, and 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 ... ...

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... . One of Calley's favorite lines was "I'm the Boss". The Day At 7:22 A.M., March 16, 1968, Charlie Company entered My Lai by helicopter. My Lai is a tiny village on the northeastern coast of Vietnam near the South China Sea. My Lai lies in the Vietnamese district of Son My, a heavily mined area of Vietcong entrenchment. Numerous members of Charlie Company had been ... ...

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... "unduly seductive" (Coppola 35). Navy nurses lived and worked on hospital ships. The USS Repose and the USS Sanctuary were the most common. These ships sailed up and down the coast of Vietnam. They were also stationed at the bases at Danang and Cam Ranh (Marshall 4). Air Force nurses cared for the wounded on the country evacuation flights. The flights went ... ...

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... then they could have accomplished both of their goals. During WWII Germany had control of a puppet state of France called Vicci, this enabled Japan to build military bases along the coast of Vietnam which was a French colony. At this time, the United States only goal was to get rid of these military bases. They backed the leader of the Viet Minh ... ...

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... may be due to the fact that it is fall in New Orleans, or because of the affects that the levee and river have placed upon the shores of the coast. After taking another good look at them I noticed that the shrubbery that filled the open space between trees was littered with trash and what not. When I really took a step back ... ...

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... in honor of the dead listed on the wall (Stones and Mortar). At the base of the flagpole are the five military seals: Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. There is also a Vietnam Women's Memorial that was dedicated on November 11, 1993 (Stones and Mortar). It is a bronze statue of three nurses and a wounded soldier. One of the ... ...

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... for distinct confrontations. The army became the new focus of military expansion and advancement, with increased funding and recruitment (Chant 9). By 1964, the U.S. had begun surveillance of the North Vietnamese coast, 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 ... ...

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... the 60's There were also other conflicts in the 60's like the bay of pigs invasion. In April of 1961 Cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs on the south coast of Cuba. They had been promised direct military attention, including air cover, to insure the invasion would go as planed. President Kennedy approved the invasion, but did not send any ... ...

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... to women. They now repair tanks, warplanes, and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM's). They serve on naval vessels that deploy to service ships and submarines of the operational fleet and on Coast Guard cutters operating off United States shores. They serve on missile crews, operate heavy equipment, and direct air traffic. They also provide essential support to combat troops in the field ... ...

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