Vietnam War Part II A & B & C
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 U.S. forces in Vietnam led by ______________ | General William C. Westmoreland |
| _____ were preferred because it cost less U.S. lives | Air strikes |
| By _____, US had dropped more bombs on vietnam than the allies dropped during all of wwii | 1967 |
| Vietcong dug _______ miels of tunnels to ship supplies and escape bombing | 30,000 |
| _____ was used to burn out heavy jungle areas where the vietcong and vietminh operated | Napalm |
| ______ used as a defoliant to kill jungle vegetation- many us soldiers exposed and later developed cancer | Agent Orange |
| __________ against guerilla tactics was common | Search and dstroy missions |
| Just finding the enemy ("______") was difficult | Charlie |
| "The guerrilla wins if he does not lsoe, the conventional army loses if it does not win" By definition, | US was losing |
| "_______" programs- villages were uprooted by US and people moved to cities | Pacification |
| Average age of US soldier in Vietnam was ____ | 19 |
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