American Tactics

Question 1

How was agent orange distributed?

Answer 1

Helicopters

Question 2

Why was agent orange used?

Answer 2

To destroy food/farms and cover that the Vietnamese troops used, to help the U.S troops.

Question 3

Was there other things like Agent orange?

Answer 3

It was one of several rainbow herbicides, agent white, purple, pick, green and blue.

Question 4

Agent orange was __ times more concentrated than regular herbicides.

Answer 4

50

Question 5

When was agent orange used?

Answer 5

1965-1970

Question 6

What was agent orange?

Answer 6

A toxic chemical herbicide

Question 7

How many deaths did Agent orange cause?

Answer 7

4.8 million

Question 8

How many children were born with birth defects caused by agent orange?

Answer 8

400,000

Question 9

What was agent orange eventually found to be a violation of?

Answer 9

The Geneva contract, so the US gradually stopped using it.

Question 10

What health issues did agent orange cause?

Answer 10

Tumors, rashes, birth defects, physcological symptoms both within the US and vietnamese troops.

Question 11

How does agent orange still affect things today?

Answer 11

Things still cant grow where it was sprayed.

Question 12

What was one problem with S+D?

Answer 12

Couldn’t identify the enemy as they were dressed as regular people

Question 13

‘____ _____’ meant kill the most

Answer 13

body count

Question 14

Why did S+D not really work?

Answer 14

The communist leaders recruited 200,000 a year, the US couldn’t kill them fast enough.

Question 15

What did ground troops do in S+D?

Answer 15

Destroyed people and their bases/homes.

Question 16

What was the aim of S+D?

Answer 16

to weed out the vietcong in southern villages.

Question 17

How many killed in the first S+D mission and what was it called?

Answer 17

1.106 reported dead in operation Attleboro

Question 18

What did the US do once the commnists were dead in S+D?

Answer 18

retreated, they didn’t hold the territory.

Question 19

What were the US told to do in S+D?

Answer 19

Kill anyone not just troops.

Question 20

What was operation cedar fall?

Answer 20

a major S+D assault on the iron triangle which resulted in 720 killed and 230 captured

Question 21

What major part of the battle did S+D lose and why?

Answer 21

The battle of hearts and mind, the US were killing innocent civilians as well as Vietcong, therefore making the civilians go against the US and support the vietcong