Extra Video Notes Flashcards
__% Draftees actually went to combat
20%
Vietnam WAS the ______ war, but not the costliest (WW2 cost way more)
What is the DMZ? What did soldiers call it?
Demilitarized Zone along the 17th parallel
“Dead Marine Zone”
When the Vietnamese were too close to call an airstrike, the battles were called ____
“brawls”
What did Americans call Vietnamese people and soliders? What about Vietnamese houses? Old viet women?
Gooks, Dinks.
Hoches
Mamasans
What did Americans leave a “trail” of for the Vietnamese to follow?
cigarettes
What weapon did the Vietnamese carry?
What did the Americans carry?
Which was better?
Vietnamese: AK 47 from Soviets
Americans/SVN: M16 that jammed
How many fighting zones were their in Vietnam?
Which corp was the most deadly?
4 (I –> IV)
I corp was. the most deadly
What did Vietnamese people call US soldiers?
“Giac My”
American bandits
Vietnam was considered the first helicopter war. What did choppers do?
Spread propaganda papers, dropped fire, saved wounded
Who initiates the Tet Offensive? What was the primary goal?
Where did Westmoreland think NVM would attack?
Le Juan
primary goal: take Saigon
Westmoreland mistakenly though NVM would attack Khe San. They did, but it was a distraction. “the American dien bien phu”
What was the headquarters in Vietnam called?
“Pentagon east”
The VC seize a radio station in Saigon. What plays over it?
Beatles
Where does NVM an artillery pile?
Long Bihn
Why was My Lai a “different” type of massacre?
Happened at point blank, it wasn’t artillery or boming
Which president spoke out about My Lai? Which didn’t believe it?
Johnson speaks out, nobody helps him
Nixon’s reaction to those who reported it “Its the Jews”
Who exposed My Lai?
Which helicopter pilot provided testimony?
Ridenhour
Hugh Thompson Jr.
Woodstock high and…
Nixonian low
How many Americans gain conscientious objector status?
170,000
How many draftees fled to Canada? Of those, how many became Canadian citizens?
30k fled,
1/4 became citizens
How many Canadians volunteered to fight in Vietnam
30k
What does Nixon do to re-ignite the anti-war movement?
He invades cambodia
After the Kent State killings, what % of Americans believed the killings were justified?
58%
How many college students demonstrate after the Kent/Jackson shootings
How many campuses close? how many states call the national gaurd
4 million
448 college campuses close
16 states call the national gaurd
