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The Vietnam War
- 1. The Vietnam War 1954 - 1975
- 8. Early Protests of Diem’s Government Self-Emolation by a Buddhist Monk
- 9. War protesters gathered in Saigon to express dissatisfaction with the way the Diem government was handling South Vietnam ’ s internal political dissension. Antiwar Protest in Saigon
- 15. U.S. Troop Deployments in Vietnam 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 U.S. Troops
- 17. The Air War: A Napalm Attack
- 18. Results of Napalm Attack
- 22. Who Is the Enemy?
- 30. The Tet Offensive, January 1968 Page 613
- 33. Johnson’s popularity dropped in 1968 from 48% to 36%.
- 42. Anti-War Demonstrations Columbia University 1967
- 44. Hell no, we won’t go!
- 45. Democratic Convention in Chicago, 1968 Student Protestors at Univ. of CA in Berkeley, 1968 Anti-War Demonstrations
- 46. “ Hanoi Jane” Jane Fonda: Traitor?
- 52. The Fall of Saigon South Vietnamese Attempt to Flee the Country
- 53. The Fall of Saigon America Abandons Its Embassy April 30, 1975
- 54. The Fall of Saigon North Vietnamese at the Presidential Palace
- 55. Formerly Saigon A United Vietnam
- 58. Some American POWs Returned from the “Hanoi Hilton” Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
- 59. 2,583 American POWs / MIAs still unaccounted for today.
- 61. The Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- 62. Memorial to US Servicemen in Vietnam
- 63. Memorial to US Nurses in Vietnam
- 64. 58,000
- 65. These colors don’t run
- 66. "Ghost of the Night Watchman"
- 68. "The Wall at Night"
- 70. Rubbings
- 72. President Clinton formally recognized Vietnam on July 11, 1995
- 73. Where Were You in the War, Daddy? This war haunts us still!
- 74. AND TODAY….. The “Light” at the End of This Tunnel? 2002 to ? : “ Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom” 5300+ American dead and counting… ?
Editor's Notes
- Ho Chi Minh had been fighting for Vietnamese independence since World War I. The U.S. gave France aid to win its support in American anticommunist efforts in Western Europe.
- Ho Chi Minh had been fighting for Vietnamese independence since World War I. The U.S. gave France aid to win its support in American anticommunist efforts in Western Europe.
- Realizing he would Diem backs out of elections.
- Realizing he would lose, Diem backed out of elections.
- Realizing he would Diem backs out of elections.
- Kennedy’s advisors were clearly fighting a covert war by 1963. MacNamara has suggested that he believes Kennedy would have pulled the U.S. out, but evidence in inconclusive. JFK realizes Diem is a liability; offers quiet support to a Vietnamese military coup d’etat. The coup results in the brutal murders of Diem and his brother The Vietnamese generals overthrow one another. A relatively stable, but tyrannical government emerges. It is little better than Diem’s.
- What Johnson told Congress What he didn’t tell Congress: He had already written the resolution before the “incident.” The U.S. naval vessels were aiding ARVN in commando raids in North Vietnam at the time. He learned that the attack probably hadn’t occurred. The U.S. navy was not on the “high seas” but in N. Vietnam’s 12 mile territorial limit.
- What Johnson told Congress What he didn’t tell Congress: He had already written the resolution before the “incident.” The U.S. naval vessels were aiding ARVN in commando raids in North Vietnam at the time. He learned that the attack probably hadn’t occurred. The U.S. navy was not on the “high seas” but in N. Vietnam’s 12 mile territorial limit.
- Kennedy’s advisors were clearly fighting a covert war by 1963. MacNamara has suggested that he believes Kennedy would have pulled the U.S. out, but evidence in inconclusive. JFK realizes Diem is a liability; offers quiet support to a Vietnamese military coup d’etat. The coup results in the brutal murders of Diem and his brother The Vietnamese generals overthrow one another. A relatively stable, but tyrannical government emerges. It is little better than Diem’s.
- Nixon’s “secret” plan never materializes. He involved us more. “ Peace with Honor” We’ll win befoe we withdraw. Expansion:Cambodia invaded in 1970: Ho Chi Minh Trail Laos invaded in 1971: Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Nixon resigns over the Watergate Scandal in 1974. Ford takes the helm.
- Many U.S.-loyal South Vietnamese attempt to flee for fear of execution by the North.
- Diversion of capital to the war indirectly caused economic recession: 11% inflation and 12% unemployment!
- War Powers Act ., 1973, passed over Nixon's veto, requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of his use of military force in a foreign country or enlarging an ongoing conflict. The President must secure Congressional approval if he intends to keep these troops overseas for more than 60 days. If he doesn't, he must withdraw the forces. Congress can pass a joint resolution to withdraw the troops before the 60 day deadline. (Each President since has denied its validity, though the issue has never been tested.) No welcome home (shamed and ashamed), high unemployment, alcohol & drug abuse; poor care of disabled vets: underfunded vets hospitals, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Agent Orange health problems, birth defects in vets’ children.