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Question 1

Dec 1963

Answer 1

NV intensifies the War in the South

Question 2

Jan 1964

Answer 2

Johnson approves covert operations against NV.

Question 3

August 1964

Answer 3

Gulf of Tonkin incident; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by congress. ‘It was like Grandma’s nightgown, it covered everything’ (Johnson).

Question 4

December 1964

Answer 4

23,300 US military personnel in South Vietnam.

Question 5

Feb 1965

Answer 5

Johnson approves operation ‘Rolling Thunder’. ‘Operation steel tiger’, bombing campaign on the Ho Chi Minh trail. $9.60 to do $1 worth of damage

Question 6

March 1965

Answer 6

two US marine battalions deployed to guard air bases

Question 7

May 1965

Answer 7

1st large anti-war demonstration in Washington

Question 8

June 1965

Answer 8

General Westmoreland empowered to commit US ground combat troops

Question 9

Nov 1965

Answer 9

Battle of the La Drang Valley (3651 NVA killed, 305 US - Success?)

Question 10

Dec 1965

Answer 10

184,300 US military personnel in South Vietnam

Question 11

Jan 1966

Answer 11

US bombing of NV resumes

Question 12

Dec 1966

Answer 12

385,300 US military personnel in SV

Question 13

September 1967

Answer 13

Thieu elected President R of V

Question 14

Oct 1967

Answer 14

anti-war demonstrations in Washington turn violent

Question 15

Nov 1967

Answer 15

Westmoreland to congress, ‘I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing’.

Question 16

Dec 1967

Answer 16

485,600 US military personnel in South Vietnam