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| 40 A.D. Well-known for Chinese sentiment. Well-known Vietnamese Heroines |
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| 248 A.D., Vietnamese Joan of Arc. (Dr.Mikkelsen said, "that's all you need to know about her") |
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| : Rose up against Chinese in 1400s when they invaded |
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| • Father Alexander de Rhodes |
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| in 1627 Rhodes, a French Jesuit missionary, came to convert as many Vietnamese as possible to Roman Catholicism and also to place the Latin alphabet into the region |
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| The city where Ho Chi Minh was born. It was a remote and rural area with a long history of foreign resistance. Personifies HCM. There is a monument of Le Loi in thetown, and HCM visited it frequently |
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| traditional hat worn by Vietnamese |
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| Traditional shoes worn by the Vietnamese |
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| , "Nguyen the Patriot". One of HCMs nicknames |
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| "Nguyen who hate the French". One of HCMs nicknames. |
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| • Vladimir Lenin’s "Thesis on the National and Colonial Questions.”: |
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| Greatly influenced HCM. Lenin argues that imperialism is the outcome of Capitalism. He said that Western countries exploited countries that were needed for resources and profit. He argued that there were two enemies: 1. Western Capitalists 2. Asian Feudalists |
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| • Revolutionary Youth League of Vietnam |
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| First purely Marxist group within Vietnam. Began to grow rapidly after air strike in Vinh. |
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| The 10 year process of the U.S. slowly giving the Filipinos their country back |
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| • General Douglas D. Gracey |
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| Leader of the British troops during the French-Indochina War. |
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| First U.S. casualty in Vietnam. During his short time there, he became friendly with HCM, but not with Gracey |
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| • Georges Thierry d’A rgenlieu: |
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| : Admiral in the French army who was a part of the unsuccessful peace talks between HCM and the French in 1946. |
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| How the Vietnamese fought. With traps and surprise attacks. |
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| overthrown by Shek. To creat communist china of today. |
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| Belief that there was a domino effect with communist countries and that when one country would become Communist, then others would become Communist as well. |
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| Co creator of Viet Minh with HCM. Giap was in charge of the military aspect, while HCM focused on the political side |
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| Took over the French army in 1953. He predicted an easy victory. He liked the finer things in life, and he was also extremely pompous |
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| • Colonel Christian de Castries |
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| : One of the three French Commanders at Dienbienphu. He had escaped Germans in WWII and was extremely tough (he was known to chew glass). |
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| Village in N Vietnam where the French decided to set up headquarters. They wanted to have their final battle here. On Jan 18th We took extensive notes on this city and the battles that were fought here. |
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| • Colonel Charles Piroth: |
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| : One of the three commanders at Dienbienphu. Only had one arm. When the Viet Minh had closed in on them, he committed suicide by blowing himself up with a hand grenade |
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| Solid land that turns soft and muddy after heavy rainfall |
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Last puppet emperor (of the Japanese). Educated in France, ended up spending more time in brothels than in school. Liked to both speak, and dress, English.
• The next seven terms below are all ethnic groups that were in S. Vietnam. Having so many different ethnicities living in one area made it hard for them to organize and get along with each other. It was much easier in the North. |
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| Anti-communist group, 1.5 million followers during the 1950s |
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| : A group that was part religious and part celebrity-worshipping. Recruited the wealthy, worship Buddha, Jesus, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy. 2 million followers, 25,000 troops |
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| Vietnamese Mafia. Big into gambling and brothels. Houses surrounded by alligator-filled moats. Eventually absorbed into ARVN. |
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| : Those of Cambodian Ethnicity |
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| the Vietnamese who lived up in the rural mountains |
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| • Jean Baptiste Ngo Dinh Diem |
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| : Placed in power of South Vietnam by the U.S. Educated in Western universities. During his reign, he attacked minorities and the poor by taking their land and giving it to the Roman Catholics, places his brother in charge of Special Forces, which ultimately leads to complete orruption of the ARVN. You should look at your notes for all of the information on him. We start talking about him on Jan 18th. |
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| Diem's brother, he was in charge of the Special Forces (ARVN?) and he turned his army into personal thugs. His wife, Madame Nhu , became the "honorary first lady of Vietnam", and she attacked everything from gambling to padded bras while her husband and Diem were in power. |
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| Diem's other brother. He was an archbishop |
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| it's when Diem sent out people to behead those who were political enemies |
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| : Publicly stated that he did not want to be involved in Vietnam, but he privately gave lots of money to South Vietnam b/c he didn’t want Vietnam to become Communist (Dollar Diplomacy). Between 1956-1951 he sent 1.65 billion dollars to Diem. |
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| Was never briefed on Vietnam by Eisenhower. JFK puts more emphasis on Vietnam than Eisenhower did and he sends in advisors. JFK had a conquering attitude and after the Bay of Pigs fiasco he wants to win a military conquest to regain his image and his pride. |
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| Secretary of Defense under JFK. Was an academic, not a soldier.He said that there was no way that Americans could lose in Vietnam |
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| rumored to have given communist advice to Vietnam |
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| Took over from JFK (see notes) |
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| battle in Jan 1963. Heavy casualties by the ARVN. 12 VC dead, over 200 ARVN dead or wounded. |
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| Buddhist who burns himself alive in protest to Diem's rule |
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| : The USS Maddox is travelling the Gulf of Tonkin on August 1, 1964 when some blips show up on the radar. Capt thinks that it's just rough seas but the Pentagon said "it is an attack from the Vietnamese". LBJ uses this as a way to get the nation to support fighting in Vietnam. He gets almost unanimous support from U.S. citizens. We still don't know whether there was an attempted attack or not. Johnson on the matter: "Hell, those dumb sailors were probably shooting at fly fish"(Aug 4, 1964) |
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| • Senators George McGovern and Ernest Gruening: |
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| : Only 2 senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution |
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| one of the three senators against the Vietnam in 1963 |
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| General in ARVN when coup to overthrow Diem was carried out. He became leader of S. Vietnam and three months later was taken over by Nguyễn Khánh |
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| • A.J. Muste and David Dellinger |
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| : General in ARVN when coup to overthrow Diem was carried out. He became leader of S. Vietnam and three months later was taken over by Nguyễn Khánh |
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| : American group that was against the war. Gained momentum throughout war, burning of draft cards, sit-ins, etc |
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| : The South Vietnamese Army. Not known to be very loyal |
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| The lead general in the ARVN until the fall of Saigon |
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| Was the first US backed Prime Minister after Diem, he put a stop to the cycle of coups in South Vietnam |
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| Westmoreland's response to the attack at Pleiku killing 7 and wounding 100. |
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| Republican from Massachusetts who was the American Ambassador to S Vietnam |
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| Diem decides to pose a fake coup and then "defeat it" so that the S. Vietnamese will have faith in him again. This backfires when the people that he is enlisted turn it into a real coup and take over the govt. |
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| One of the companies that benefited from the capitalism that American soldiers brought with them. |
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| One of the companies that benefited from the capitalism that American soldiers brought with them. |
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| major site for Vietnam War protests |
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| Major site for Vietnam war protests |
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| educators and teachers would get together to protest and discuss the War |
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| To believe in peace, instead of fighting or war |
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| Herbicidal warfare. A chemical that was sprayed all over the countryside in Vietnam. Used to clear the forest so that the Viet Cong could not hide in the brush. This was part of Rolling Thunder. Poisonous and called lots of birth defects and also high rates of cancer and unknown diseases among Vets in the 1970s and 1980s. 400,000 people died as a result of Agent Orange |
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| A town that was entirely destroyed by US soldiers. Anyone who would not leave when the US soldiers told them to may have been killed. |
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| Anyone in these areas was fair game to fire on. U.S. soldiers would round up S. Vietnamese and then burn all of the homes and the farms in the area. 2 million S. Vietnamese lost their homes during the war because of US soldiers |
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| One of the Vietnamese POW camps. McCain was kept there. |
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| Vietnamese name for the Hanoi Hilton |
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| POW. He was a clerk and was riding his bike when he was taken hostage the day after Christmas in 196. Released 6 months later (more in-depth info on pg16) |
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| Pilot who was taken hostage as a POW |
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| For soldiers who were caught and interrogated. Five articles.. Could be amended, based on a situation, except for the fifth one. Number five said that" I am required to give my name, rank, service number, and DOB. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements that may be harmful to our cause |
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| POW. The Vietnamese would put POWs on camera to show the world that they were not being treated harshly (they tortured them psychologically and physically where you couldn’t see). When Stockdale was told he would be on camera the next day he repeatedly slammed his head into a wall beforehand because he refused to go on camera and tell the world that he was being treated well. |
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| torture that can be seen by others vs the kind of torture that cannot. (Pg 18 and 19 for examples of both) |
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| POW. Describes electrical current torture on pg 20 |
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| it was rumored that between 1967-1968 that Castro was working with Viet Minh. |
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| It was alleged that these three came from Cuba to teach the Vietnamese "effective" torturing techniques |
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| only reporter to cover the story of the "Cuban Program" |
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| Captain Carlyle (“Smitty”) Harris |
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| invented the prisoner tapping code that was used by soldiers to communicate in Vietnamese POW prisons |
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| in 1973, 591 POWs are returned to the US |
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| White House Social Secretary during LBJ Administration |
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| Famous poet who refused invitation to the White House Festival of the Arts as a statement of disapproval of the Vietnam War |
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| White House Festival of the Arts |
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| LBJs attempt to reach out to the Arts in 1967 |
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| When LBJ puts 7,000 anti-war radicals under surveillance |
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| Belief that most S. Vietnamese had been content with how things were,but they were the "silent" ones that never spoke up |
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| When thousands of Viet Cong infiltrate the South and attack 39 out of the 40 S. Vietnamese capitals |
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| Battle in S. Vietnam that lasted between Jan 21 and July 9, 1968 |
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| top marine commander at Khe Sanh |
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| The S. Vietnamese version of Operation Phoenix |
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| Director of Operation Phoenix |
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| in charge of ICEX for Operation Phoenix |
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| city located in the middle of Vietnam between the N and S. Suffered considerable damage during the Tet Offensive. Was the capital of S. Vietnam before the Bao Dai Administration |
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| Found a member of the VC and killed him without a trial. Somemembers of the press were there and took pictures. Very bad for the US image. |
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| Most famous imbedded journalist in Vietnam. It was said that when he stopped believing in the War, so did America. |
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| reporters covering the war. There had been journalists there since the French- Indochina War. Read pg 19 of your study guide for a full description of embedded journalists in the Vietnam War |
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| Women's magazine that sent reporters over to cover the War. |
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| When reporters would be briefed by the military commands. Most didn’t believe a word of what the military told them about what was going on |
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| Called "trench foot" in WWI. When your socks would become soaked after walking through swamps. Had to change socks often to avoid it. |
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| incendiary weapon used against the Vietnamese. made up of petroleum and other flammable ingredients. Was dropped from planes. |
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| an elite fighting force of men who were over the age of 21, a non-commissioned officer, willing to go to jump school, and willing to go behind enemy lines. |
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| founding father of Green Berets |
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| where the Green Beret's are trained |
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| A green beret whose helicopter was shot down. With a crushed vertebrae and broken ribs he was still able to pull out all of his comrades. Receives Medal of Honor |
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| POW Prison. There was a Prison Raid here, Nov 1970. Located 20 miles west of Hanoi. Rescue mission takes place. It's believed that 100 POWs are being held there. Green Berets get in, and there are no prisoners. They had been moved the week before. Viet Minh use this as propaganda. Prisoners were there, but had been moved the previous day b/c of weather. |
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