Tengowski

1.  September 25, 1964
 “We don’t want our
American boys to do
the fighting for Asian
boys. We don’t want
to get tied down in a
land war in Asia.”

2.  August 2, 1964
• NV torpedo boats fire on
Maddox
• Damage-1 Bullet hole!
• 3 Torpedoes Missed!
 August 4, 1964
• Maddox used as bait!
• No one heard a single
shot!
 US Response-64
planes bomb oil depot
in NV.

3.  August 7, 1964
• House 416-0
• Senate 88-2
 Gave LBJ a “Blank
Check”
• Gave the President the
right to repel by any
means necessary any
attack against US armed
forces.
 Grandma’s Nightshirt

4.  Operation Rolling
Thunder
• Supposed to take 6-8
weeks, lasted 4 years
• Showed support for SV
& Bomb the Ho Chi
Minh Trail
• “We’re going to bomb
them back to the Stone
Age.” –Curtis LeMay

5.  Most commonly used-
Agent Orange
• US sprayed millions of
gallons on the jungles
of Vietnam
• 100,000x deadlier than
any other chemical in
the world
• It’s a carcinogen!!

6.  Jellied Gasoline
• An incendiary bomb
used to burn away the
jungle!
• Also causes cancer!
• Outlawed in 1984.

7.  Planes fly in groups of
3
• No clear objectives!
• Level areas 1 mile long
and a ½ mile wide.
 Puff the Magic Dragon
• Guns that fires 18,000
rounds/minute

8.  Main supply line for
the VietCong
• It ran from North
Vietnam, through Laos,
and into Cambodia.

10.  Massive bombing of
Laos/Cambodia
starting in 1964.
• Done in secret!
• After revolution in Laos!
• Boomerang Effect-massive
infiltration of
troops down the trail.
 1965-8,800/month
 1967-100,000/month

11.  First combat troops
sent in March 6, 1965
 Defensive War-learned
lessons of aggression
from Korea.
• Troop level increased to
550,000
• Search and Destroy-
Locate enemy, call in air
strike, clear ground
w/troops
• Problem-Never hold
/control any territory.