1. Vietnam War Ashley Jacala Rashada Tucker Kimberly Cervantes Jenny Chung David Quijano

2. The U.S war in Vietnam was the longest and second most costly in U.S history. More than two million americans were sent to fight. More than 58,000 were killed, 300,000 wounded and 14,000 completely disabled. Two of three americans judge that the vietnam war was a mistake. Over half do not have a “clear idea” why the war happened; about a third don’t even remember what side we were on. The vietnam war is important not only because of its prominent place in U.S history, but because vietnam is a clear case of the emerging pattern of modern warfare.The war lasted from 1959 to 1957. America feared the “domino theory” of expanding communist empires.The truman doctrine stated that America would assist governments resisting communism.