Vietnam - 4 Flashcards
total number of WIA and KIA at Albany
276
actor who played Hal Moore in the 2002 film “We were Soldiers”
Mel Gibson
person who works for ABC News
Jack Smith
term for when humans have trouble processing and comprehending all of the terribly things they have witnessed
thousand yard stare
person who was the US chopper pilot who disobeyed orders and flew supplies into LZ X-Rat
Bruce Crandall
term for the nickname of a helicopter
bird
term for the supplies brought into LZ X-Ray
water and ammunitiion
year Bruce Crandall was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his efforts at LZ X-Ray
2007
year Jacob Parrot receives the first Congressional Medal of Honor
1861
first person to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
Jacob Parrot
year the first Congressional Medal of Honor was ever issued
1861
term for the college that George Forrest attended for football
Talsan State
M/D/Y of the My Lai Massacre
3/16/68
number of people in the Charlie Company that showed up at My Lai
105
number of tourists that visit My Lai annually
50,000
platoon leader who was court martialled and sentenced to life in prison in 1971
Lt. William Calley
person who was museum director at My Lai and also a survivor of the massacre
Pham Thanh Cong
term for the nickname of My Lai
Pinkville
person who was the door gunner for Hugh Thompson
Lawrence Colburn
number of people that Hugh Thompson flew to safety after My Lai
11
age of the boy that Hugh Thomspon pulled out of the ditch of dead bodies and then flew to an orphanage
4
Lt. who was charged and convicted of murder and was court-martialled
Lt. William Calley
US chopper pilot who stopped the My Lai Massacre
Hugh Thompson
number of people killed at My Lai
400-500
M/D/Y of the My Lai Massacre
3/16/68
Group of US soldiers that went into My Lai
Charley Company
term for the nick name of the My Lai Village
Pinkville
name of the American Seargent at My Lai
Ken Hodgens
average age of a Charley Company soldier
20
name of the former radio operator of the Charlie Company
Fred Whitmer
nickname of the child that some of the Charlie Company soldiers would play with
6 Fingers
name of the former US arrmy chaplain
Carl Grasswell
time that the US helicopters left for My Lai
7:22
time that the US helicopters arrived at My Lai
7:35
number of men in the Charley Company
120
number of officers at My Lai
5
name of the photographer at My Lai
Ron Haeberle
name of the girl who’s sister was raped and killed and her family was burned
Pham Tiri Trinh
person who was former HI who refused to kill at My Lai
Harry Stanely
former GI who brought forth the truth of the massacre by writing letters to Congress encouraging an investigation
Rob Ridenhour
year Varnardo Simpson commited suicide by a shotgun
1997 (May 4)
year “Remember My Lai” came out
1989
person who killed, scalped, and mutilated many villagers at My Lai
Varnardo Simpson
list comletely unacceptable actions at My Lai
- sexual assaults
- mutilations (scalping, cutting off ears and tongues…)
- killing animals
number of Americans killed out on patrol before the My Lai Massacre
4
number of Americans wounded on patrol before the My Lai Massacre
38
years it took until the My Lai picture came out
1 1/2
population of Vietnam
84 Million
number of miles the tunnel system was away from Saigon
10
term for the name of the US soldiers that went in the Vietnam tunnels
tunnel rats
number of feet wide of a Vietnam tunnel
3.9
number of feet high of a Vietnam tunnel
3-6
number of years a village survived underground in a tunnel
6
over how many ice creams plants were put in Vietnam by 1947 for American soldiers
40
numbers of families that stayed behind in a tunnel for 6 years to support the Garrison
60
total number of feet the village that stayed underground for 6 years were under
80
term for the vietnamese that would leave the safety of their tunnels for supplies
suicide squads
term for the river that intersected the Ho Chi Minh trails and was near a cave
Son River
term for the product that Vietnam exported a lot of
coffee
