Tactics

Question 1

What planes were the VC supplied with?

Answer 1

Russian MiGs

Question 2

How long did Johnson’s bombing campaign last? When was it ended?

Answer 2

3 years

After the Tet Offensive

Question 3

How much did it cost to kill one VC?

Answer 3

$400,000

Question 4

Why was it so expensive to kill a VC soldier?

Answer 4

Operation Rolling Thunder- aircraft and bombs were so expensive

Question 5

How many helicopters were destroyed?

Answer 5

5000

Question 6

How many planes were destroyed?

Answer 6

3500

Question 7

How many US and SV planes were shot down?

Answer 7

14,000

Question 8

How many Vietnamese civilians were killed in 1968?

Answer 8

300,000 mainly due to bombing raids

Question 9

How many acres of land were destroyed from chemical weapons?

Answer 9

5.4 million

4 million from agent orange

Question 10

When were ground forces particularly ineffective?

Answer 10

After 1967 when drafted soldiers returned home after a year

Question 11

What percentage of drafted soldiers were killed in their first 3 months of fighting?

Answer 11

43%

Question 12

How many times more men were treated for drug abuse than combat wounds?

Answer 12

4

Question 13

% casualties from booby traps

Answer 13

11%

Question 14

US gun used

Answer 14

M16

Ineffective in wet conditions

Question 15

How many civilians were killed for every weapon captured?

Answer 15

6

Question 16

How did the VC limit air support?

Answer 16

Hanging onto American belts

Question 17

What cities were affected from Operation Rolling Thunder?

Answer 17

Hanoi

Haiphong

Question 18

How many NV and VC were killed?

Answer 18

900,000

Question 19

What methods did VC use to treat south Vietnamese?

Answer 19

Carrot and stick

Question 20

How many VC in SV?

Answer 20

170,000

Question 21

What gun did VC use?

Answer 21

AK47

Question 22

How much aid did China and Soviet Union provide to VC?

Answer 22

$2 billion

Question 23

% of casualties from small arms fire

Answer 23

51%

Question 24

How many US troops died?

Answer 24

60,000

Question 25

How many brought aid and weapons through the Ho Chi Minh trail?

Answer 25

40,000