Geneva Accords
Kent State Protest
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Search and Destroy
Guerrilla Warfare
Napalm
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
My Lai Massacre
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Agent Orange
War of Attrition
Domino Theory
Students were killed by the Ohio national guard
American ships were attacked by North Vietnamese vessels
a jelly-like form of gasoline used in fire bombs and flamethrowers. It's sticks to skin, causing severe burns and making it one of the most horrible weapons used in combat.
President Johnson was given resources to take all military action necessary.
International conference after the Indochina War, split Vietnam in two
Leader of communist North Vietnam
A war in which both sides try and drain one another's resources.
Small scale fighting, using environment to conceal ones self, run and gun
Herbicide used to uncover Viet cong positions
If one falls, another falls
President of South Vietnam was assassinated in 1963
Event where American soldiers destroyed a village and killed over 300 unarmed civilians
US goal in Vietnam. Destroy as much of the enemy as possible