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VIETNAM WAR: THE VIET CONG

With the Cold War intensifying worldwide, the United States hardened its policies against any allies of the Soviet Union, and by 1955 President Dwight D. Eisenhower had pledged his firm support to Diem and South Vietnam.

With training and equipment from American milit...

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WHEN DID THE VIETNAM WAR START?

The Vietnam War and active U.S. involvement in the war began in 1954, though ongoing conflict in the region had stretched back several decades.

After Ho’s communist forces took power in the north, armed conflict between northern and southern armies continued unti...

ROOTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR

Vietnam, a nation in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the Indochinese peninsula, had been under French colonial rule since the 19th century.

During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Vietnam. To fight off both Japanese occupiers and the French colonial administr...

“…ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.”

“As soon as the sun came up, all hell broke loose…. it seemed impossible for anyone to survive.”

This is how Specialist LaTeague described the beginning of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam, where American soldiers of the the 1st Cavalry found themselves outnum...

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"COURAGE"

Men need cool and aggressive leadership when under fire. Captain Roger Donlon displayed just that on July 5, 1964. At 2:26 AM a barrage of mortar shells rained on his Special Forces Detachment camp.

He had just written to his wife, “All hell is going to break loose here before the nig...

"BROTHERS, I AM A WARRIOR."

George Washington wrote these words during the American Revolutionary War.

As a young man he had served with the British militia and saw that the British lacked understanding of Colonial warfare. Most of all they were unwilling to listen to good advice. But this kno...

WW2: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS "PART 2"

*June 4 to 7, 1942:
The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
*July 9, 1942:
Allied forces invade Sicily.
*Sept. 8, 1943:
Italy surrenders to the Allies, but German forces occupy northern Italy.
*June 6, 1944:
Allied forces land on the beac...