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Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

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Page 1: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Weapons & Battles

Vietnam War

Page 2: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

ARVN and NVA

• Army of the Republic of Vietnam

• South Vietnam• They are the ally of the

US

•North Vietnam Army•Enemy for US & ARVN

Page 3: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Vietcong

• NLF-National Liberation Front

• Also known as Charlie, Chuck, VC, Victor Charlie, or Black Pajamas due to what they wore

• Rebels in the South who help the North

• Enemy to US and ARVN

Page 4: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Weapons of the Vietcong• Punji Pits

Bear Trap

Side Closing Trap

Crossbows

Spiked Mud Ball/ Bamboo Whip

Page 5: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Weapons of the Vietcong

Explosives• Daisy Chains• Trip Wire Trap• Bouncing Betty

Anti-Aircraft• Claymore Mine on

its back

Page 6: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Tunnels

Page 7: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

US Tactics

• Herbicides: Agent Orange, Blue, Purple

-Kill Vegetation• Helicopters

Page 8: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

DaNang & Ia Drang Valley

• Major air strip for US and ARVN

• Where we landed Marines during the 1965 escalation of the war

• IaDrang Valley-1st battle “search & destroy”

-US air strikes “Operation Rolling Thunder”

-VC uses close battle-Sets stage strategy of war

Page 9: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Supply trail that ran through neighboring Laos & Cambodia to get supplies from North to Vietcong in South

• Complicated trails, foot &truck paths, river transport and mazes

• Ex: October 1967 480 trucks by Dec. 6315-They are preparing for Tet

Page 10: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.
Page 11: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Tet Offensive• Lunar New Year• Suppose to be a truce for 2 days so

ARVN go home to celebrate• Westmoreland knows it is not a

good idea since there is build up on Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Jan 31, 1968-Sept. 1968• Surprise attack by NVA & Vietcong

to invade over 100 key cities including Saigon

-wanted to take the countryside of the south

-have South start uprising against Am./ARVN

• At 1st Americans winning• *Turning point-60% Americans see

Tet as the American defeat

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Khe Sanh

• Marine base• Part of Tet• 77 day standoff• Had an airstrip built 1962• Left the base on 7/5/68• ~274 killed• Will eventually reopen in

1971 to invade Laos & abandoned again 1972

Page 13: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

A Tough Question

• You are a 21 yr old Officer with 4 wounded men. The medivac reports they can only take 2 now. Which do you send?

1.19 yr old bad head wound2.Married 25 year old bad stomach wound3.Leg wound4.Shoulder wound

Page 14: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

My Lai Massacre

• Hamlet• March 16, 1968• 350-500 killed (unsure)• Charlie Company given

orders to search for VC who may have retreated during Tet

• Unclear if there were orders given to kill anyone

• Thompson flies over in helicopter and tells them to stop

Page 15: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

My Lai Massacre

• Lt Calley convicted March 1970 and serves 3 ½ months until released by Nixon

• The Captain Medina & 26 platoon members never convicted

• Changed American opinion of the war

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Vietnamization 1969-1973

• After Tet in 1968 under President Nixon

• Policy of training and increases supplies to South Vietnam Army while reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam

• We begin withdrawing• 1969-480,000• 1970-280,000• 1971-140,000• End 1972-30,000• January 1973 we sign

agreement to fully withdraw

Without telling the public, Nixon ordered the invasion of Laos & Cambodia in 1970…

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Fall of Saigon

• NVA captured capital Saigon April 30, 1975

• Renamed Ho Chi Minh City

• “Frequent Winds” begin to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans & South Vietnamese

• Largest helicopter evacuation in history

• Vietnam unites under communism

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Question:

•Should women fight in combat?

•Should women be drafted?

•Should they serve in the Special Forces?

Page 19: Weapons & Battles Vietnam War. ARVN and NVA Army of the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam They are the ally of the US North Vietnam Army Enemy for US.

Women Debate:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HALZowDySaI

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Where?

• Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Israel, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland, Russia

• Limited: Pakistan, Greece, India, UK, Turkey, U.S. (mainly pilots)

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Women

• Approx. 7500 women served in the military primarily as nurses

• Over 30,000 women would be in Vietnam, through Red Cross, Salvation Army and entertainment through USO

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Casualties

• 58,193/ 8 women• 1,484 NJ• Average age of deaths

23• 25% draftees-2/3 were

Volunteer• 86% White/Hispanic

(88% those served)• 12.5% Black (11% those

served)• 1.2% Other (1% those

served)

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Casualties

• 76% lower/middle class

• 75% Income above Poverty

• 23% Fathers had professional jobs

• 79% had high school diplomas or higher