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| 1st platoon leader to enter My Lai; killed by mine, would have been convicted for killings at My Lai if alive |
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| Flew over My Lai, landed for wounded and said if Calley didnt stop he'd open fire on US troops; loaded wounded, awarded silver star |
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| Opened fire on women and children in My Lai; Leader of 1st battalion, convicted with 44 counts of murder; poster boy for crazy Lt.'s in Vietnam for public and media |
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| After duty talked about My Lai, wrote letters to Nixon and his Senetor; led to an investigation |
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| flew over My Lai next day, tour ended; helped cover up 'incident'; had much to lose due to bieng West Point superintendent |
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| Jimi Hendrix "all Along the Watchtower" |
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| Music was major part of the anti war; Westmoreland didnt allow rock groups to come to Vietnam, Bob Hope came |
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| 4 men; privates my be corprals, 2 to a squad |
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| Led by a Sergeant (10 men) |
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| 4 squads (40 people) led by a Lt. 2nd Lt. or 1st Lt. |
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| 4 platoons (120-150); led by Captain (company Commander); Most common in Vietnam |
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| 4 companies; made of 4 elemnts of a battalion staff |
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| "personel, admin, resources, getting troops their paperwork." |
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| Rear enchelon mother fuckers |
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| Operations (planning) major |
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| Logistics (guns, ammo, etc) |
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| Near Dak To; Dec. '67 huge battle, 300 Americans killed |
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| President of Vietnam, elected during Nixon presidency |
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| Kissinger begins back door negotiations with Le Duc Tho; carries on conversations without anyone knowing |
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| Sec. of Defense; architect of Vietnamization; Son leader of antiwar movement; how to remove troops from Vietnam without losing war |
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| Nixon announces how to figure out how to get ARVN to win war; wants removal of troops |
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| At Fork Polf; you knew you were going to vVietnam if sent there |
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| (1967)-most famous op; destroy central office in South Vietnam; 1,4,9,25 and 173 airborne Division, ARVN, Marines; in Tei Ninh search and destroy NVA regiment, only parachute in Vietnam; 72 days 300 KIA 400 injured/lost |
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| small canaster with trip wire; most feared by Americans cause your balls could get blown off, played on American soldier's Pyshce |
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| jst blew up feet/toes; took 2 to 3 soldiers out of battle |
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| republicans; gov of New York he wanted to be President |
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| mainly built by Vietminh during the French occupations; contained hospitals, conference rooms, etc. |
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| Cu Chi tunnels, usually means Mexicans due to size |
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| Village raid, eliminate enemy, and burn hooches |
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| gets nomination in 68; been out of politics for a while; republicans seen as anti-war |
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| We America will stop bombing if promise not to use bombing haunt for military presence |
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| lived in villages; would move throughout villages to villages |
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| Light at the end of the tunnel tour |
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| Fall 1967- Westmoreland on tour in America "We didn't loose battles, control of the cities and most of country" |
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| Jr. Senator from NY; ran as antiwar candidate; on June 5 1968 assassinated in California |
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| difficult to defend because in valley; excellent to watch Ho Chi Minh trail; "westmoreland could convince power to have to invade NV, needed large base for operations" |
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| Around Saigon (North) went into battle with ARVN; VC fled; first operation we learned of tunnels |
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| replaced McNamara (moved to pres World Bank) discussed how to get out of Viet? |
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| VC demolition Unit 'Blow shit up" |
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| Search and Destroy mission |
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| targets are buildings; intelligence told us number of people; looking for weapons cache; NV send artillery to SV plan operations |
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| progressive democrat; challenged johnson within party; ran as antiwar candidate the NH primary made Dem.'s worried about election |
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| Westmoreland promoted to Army chief of staff and Abrams new COMUSMACV; saw war diff than West; believed in winning the hearts and minds of public |
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| Tet is a holiday in Vietnam, and Christmas is usually a cease fire. Shocked ppl because of West'stour/report of Viet.;1968 Saigon VC entered US embassy there for 6 hours; every major city in Viet erupted in gunfire; "complete victory, yet Psychological defeat for US" |
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| destroy infrastructure and morale with technology |
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| (1966)-Named after Attleboro, Mass. 101st PAVN regimate engaged the 9th VC division at Tay Nihn; Air mobile assault on weapons caches containing grenades and Bangalore Torrepedos; effectively took out cahce, 1st operation VC/PAVN retreated to Cambodia |
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| razor sharp edges like barbed wire |
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| Mich. gov; Morman; goes to Vietnam made presentation says that America is doing fine; later on "brain washed by generals" chose wrong words, no longer a contender |
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| Near Saigon; VC ran tunnels underneath US division HQ |
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| Major massacre on March 16 1968; in Ngai providence, Son My village |
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| Charlie infantry of 23rd infrantry |
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| investigated what happened at My Lai |
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| led 23rd infantry; stayed at base outside of MY Lai during massacre |
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| A man named it after himself Barker; mission- move into My Lai search and destroy VC enemy, My Lai known for VC/NV sympathizers |
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