... General Westmoreland, made the two a very opinionated force to be reckoned with, a very reckless force that while strong, was exceedingly poor at military strategy. For example, every morning president Johnson was presented with a map of Vietnam. He would proceed to pick random locations that were to be bombed that day, and often these locations were uninhabited jungle territory with no strategic ... value whatsoever. While the president was wasting material resources, General Westmoreland was busy convincing the president, (and the American public), that with just a few more men, the wa...

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... avoided combat (Chant 38). Without complete involvement and a true desire to win, the guerrilla warfare of the Vietcong was too effective to face in a jungle setting, especially when most Vietcong soldiers were recruited in the South and had much support from the local civilians. Despite all of these problems, the U.S. remained in Vietnam, without any clear goals or objectives, or even a ... Vietnam War-). Instead, he offered France assistance in containing the "communist rebellion,"" (Chant 22). By October of the same year, the French had returned and regained control in South Vietnam, b...

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... been surrounded by communism and this could have very well taken over Australia. Australia wanted to stop communism in its tracks. Also Australia signed two major alliances in the early 50's, the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) and SEATO (South-east Asia Treaty Organization) which were signed for protection and safety by becoming allies with U.S.A. In ... we are guaranteed protection. If Australia didn't fulfill the requirement these alliances could be terminated, leaving Australia almost defenseless. The war in Vietnam was a guerrilla warfare which means enemies did not w...

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... (Westmoreland 147-154). Weapons were another problem in Vietnam. Going back to World War II, the massive armored assaults that won the war for the allies were useless in the dense jungle. U.S. armor was limited to using M113 troop carriers with machine guns on them, instead of using the more effective M60 tanks and artillery (Neal 82). So Westmoreland was forced to rethink tactics, as ... well as use weapons and strategies untested in the history of American warfare (Westmoreland 163). Other difficulties ... with weapons were rampant. The M-16, a revolutionary new ... ...

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... aide from the US. The aide only reaches the black market, because of many political officials resented American influence. The troops had there own broadcasting station. The broadcasts consisted of daily updates on the weather back in the states. North Vietnam matches the number of troops, that we had. The tactic search and destroy arouses controversy. The US units, the AirForce units, and the South Vietnamese units would patrol in the jungle till they ... found the main force units of the Viet Cong and destroy them. Troops ... ...

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... suffering serious health problems. Sprayed onto forests, it entered into the plants, soil, and water. " (Hopkins, pg. 56) This was an awful idea or tactic to use. It was not only harmful to both enemy and innocent people but also the environment. The original idea was to deprive the Vietcong of a food supply and the jungle they used to hide and for coverage. After these strategies ... were not giving the Americans any success President Kennedy's advisors secretly told him that the ARVN was feeble and that the situation was becoming more and more serious. Even with this ... said, the pr...

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... out among previous wars because of the nature of the fighting. The Viet Cong used guerrilla warfare as their combat strategy. This made it difficult for the American troops to differentiate civilians from enemies. "CBS's Bernard Kalb once referred to the Vietcong as ˜the most faceless foe in our history. "18 The thick jungle terrain also gave the Vietcong the upper hand. They had the home field advantage and support ... from the local people. The chaotic combat style created difficulty for the reporters to identify clear progress of the war. As a result, the reporters began to steer aw...

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... bullets but also served multipurposly as a chair or cooking pot. Also given to them was a G.I military uniform (Bernard 98). Made with 94% cotton these outfits quickly disintegrated in the hot and humid jungle climates. An M60; a general purpose machinegun that was light enough to be carried on patrol but proved deadly in a firefight, and/or an M16 which fired .223 caliber ... quickly popped out and could be reloaded into the rifles loading port (Bernard 99-100). A Mark 2 anti personnel fragmentation grenade was among the favorites a soldier could use. These grenades could be thrown any...

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... bullets but also served multipurposly as a chair or cooking pot. Also given to them was a G.I military uniform (Bernard 98). Made with 94% cotton these outfits quickly disintegrated in the hot and humid jungle climates. An M60; a general purpose machinegun that was light enough to be carried on patrol but proved deadly in a firefight, and/or an M16 which fired .223 caliber ... quickly popped out and could be reloaded into the rifles loading port (Bernard 99-100). A Mark 2 anti personnel fragmentation grenade was among the favorites a soldier could use. These grenades could be thrown any...

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... many Americans quietly and operatively. In the movie Platoon, The Viet Kong operated from secret bases in the jungle or marshes near the boarder of Cambodia. They played a significant role in the movie as they demonstrated the guerrilla tactics and warfare that was happening between the two camps. The other Vietnamese people that were illustrated in the movie were the village people. Like the Viet Kong, these people had no ... These characters represented men of the 1950's and 60's. The Nature of the war would later be described as original and ingenious. Both the American and Vietnamese...

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... they were there to rescue didn't want to leave. That didn't matter however, they had a mission, and the mission was going to be carried out. On the way back out, they were responsible for the people who couldn't move quite as quickly and efficiently through the jungle as the special forces was trained to do, so they had to sacrifice stealth for speed to get out ... room, lay my rucksack on a root that lifted half my height out of the earth, and listen to a stream nearby that you couldn't see but just knowing it was there was comforting." The worst thing my dad remembers is how the Vietn...

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... avoided combat (Chant 38). Without complete involvement and a true desire to win, the guerrilla warfare of the Vietcong was too effective to face in a jungle setting, especially when most Vietcong soldiers were recruited in the South and had much support from the local civilians. Despite all of these problems, the U.S. remained in Vietnam, without any clear goals or objectives, or even a ... Vietnam War-). Instead, he offered France assistance in containing the "communist rebellion,"" (Chant 22). By October of the same year, the French had returned and regained control in South Vietnam, b...

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... a plan which they hoped would end the war. The plan was to entice the Viet Minh to attack a French camp and then destroy the Viet Minh forces. The place chosen was Dien Bien Phu. The French plan ended in disaster: The location was surrounded by mountains and thick jungle and was 200 miles from the French supply base at Hanoi; the weather on the day was wet making it difficult for ... the French to supply or evacuate their troops by air support; French use ... of tanks was seriously restricted by the wet conditions and jungle vegetation; by January 1954 ... ...

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... lives were being lost in the jungle. A war that from 1968 until 1975 eveyones life was effected. Everyone knew someone that was in the war. It was a war where our soilders would smoke marajuana in the jungles. It was a war that was fought at night, and during the day the farmers tended to their fields. OVERVIEW The Country of Vietnam lies to the south of China. Laors and ... . Vietnam was divided into two parts, North Vietnam, the communist, and South Vietnam. The two halves of the country were divided by the 17th parallel. The North was known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under ...

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... ever fought in. The war fought was more than 10,000 miles away and never had a true beginning or end. It was very different than America's past wars. Guerilla warfare, mass civilian casualties, and fierce jungle combat were all found in this war. The war had involved the strongest military, the United States, and an untrained militia, the Vietnamese. The Viet Cong were not the only enemies of ... the war as harsh weather and the substantial amount of thick jungles grew into a frustrating factor. Many questions still remain regarding the involvement of the U.S. in the war. The psychologi...

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