Civilian officials in Lyndon Johnson's administration did not instruct the military on how to fight the ground war within the borders of South Vietnam. Westmoreland did not want to change U.S. military strategy to focus on pacification at the expense of search and destroy tactics and the main...
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After researching the history of the Vietnam War,I called my mum and asked her if she knew anyone who went to Vietnam that I could interview.She thought for a while and suddenly remembered that she has a cousin who is a veteran of the Vietnam War.She says,"I know him since I was...
America was involved in Vietnam for 20 years. Our presence started small but by 1965 had significantly escalated. 3.1 million troops saw combat and at least 58,300 were killed. We spent over $120 billion from 1965 to 1973 which led to an oil crisis and rampant inflation. Are you better ...
While their stories may not be widely known, countless dedicated, courageous women were key organizers and activists in the fight for civil rights. Without these women, the struggle for equality would have never been waged. “Women have been the backbone of the whole civil rights movement,” ac...
The Vietnam war could ended in a decisive Victory for the US and South Vietnam , just like the first Gulf War did because, because Bush stayed the hell away from Micro managing the Generals that Cluster Fart was over in 97 hours! I agree wit...
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Birthplace: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ed Sullivan Dec. at 73 (1901-1974) Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune ...
and that vow leads him into a lot of trouble in this movie. The husband (Michael Moriarty) didn’t know beans about the drug scene when he went off to Vietnam, but, as Nolte tells the wife, “he made some new friends.” And the wife (Tuesday Weld) did her part on the home fron...
” In response, Dow management first asked the Pentagon to take full responsibility for the use of napalm in Vietnam, absolving the company from blame. When this did nothing to quiet protests, the company briefly considered halting the production of napalm. After weighing the financial and moral...