GoBuffs - Vietnam

5. 4 students killed while participating in a protest against Vietnam War in Cambodia
8. president of Ford Motor, secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson
11. May 1968,formal negotiations or discussions held to resolve conflicts and achieve a state of peace, typically between countries or groups
12. A powerful defoliant(a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants)
16. Soldiers killed/wounded by Vietcong acting as civilians
18. A peace treaty signed on Jan 27, 1973 to formally end the Vietnam war
19. if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would likely follow, leading to a chain reaction of communist takeovers
20. the amendment that have 18-20 year old the right to vote

1. a series of events in August 1964 that led to the United States' significant escalation of military involvement in the Vietnam War
2. a sustained bombing campaign launched by the United States against North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968.
3. Thickened petroleum product used in WW2 against Japan
4. a top-secret Department of Defense study detailing the U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968.
6. U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War to gradually withdraw American combat troops while increasing S. Vietnam military compatibilites
7. broke from Johnson's war policy, questioned on moral and strategic ground on war
9. america commanders of S. Vietnam
10. Supported President Johnson's war policy, and accepted rising troops
13. A military tactic used by N. Vietnam where small mobile group used hit and run attack against large forces
14. April 30, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War when North Vietnamese forces captured the capital of South Vietnam.
15. only wanted to fight wars they won, set up booby traps to trap Americans, hid in tunnels and caves
17. 1969-1973 covert and extensive campaign aimed at disrupting in N. Vietnamese and Vietcong supply lines and sanctuaries