1. Vietnam Conflict

8. Elephant Grass Huey General Westmoreland

10. Involvement under LBJ General Westmoreland’s policy of Attrition… Led to Search and Destroy missions: “clearing & securing operations” End of 1965: 80,000 troops

11. Phuc sustained third-degree burns to half her body and was not expected to live. But thanks to assistance from South Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut , and after surviving a 14-month hospital stay and 17 operations, she became an outspoken peace activist . - Wikipedia "Napalm is the most terrible pain you can imagine," said Kim Phuc , known from a famous Vietnam War photograph. "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Napalm generates temperatures of 800 to 1,200 degrees Celsius." 1972 Used in 1965 Napalm – 2 substances mixed with gasoline to gel SV attack – NOT US attack

14. Tet Offensive 1968 Jan. 31 st TET = Vietnamese New Year VC hit every major SV city almost simultaneously

15. First, Khe Sanh was attacked… Followed by Hue…

17. … Took 8 weeks to get all VC & NVA out… Saigon captured for 8 hours…

19. “ The United States won the battle, but lost the war for public opinion.” - mil.citrus.cc.ca.us/.../ HIST155/Briefings.htm Both sides claimed victory…

20. DA NANG HUE

22. Feb. 1, 1968--during Tet Offensive--General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, director of SV’s national police force, executed a Viet Cong prisoner on streets of Saigon. http://www.brianripley.com/2004.htm

23. After Tet, Westmoreland reassured America: “Victory was near” Start of 1969: 543,000

24. America divided: been told this since 1955 Then, they learned of the My Lai Massacre…

27. Lt. William Calley Hugh Thompson W/ him: Lawrence Colburn, Glenn Andreotta, and Ron Ridenhour

28. Found: 3 rifles, 10 hand grenades Reading from Hugh Thompson

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35. The Anti-War Movement Arises