Vietnam War Crossword Puzzle - Gionna Kinchen

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  1. 3. The play about Vietnam that set records while on Broadway
  2. 8. an alleged attack by North Vietnamese Navy on US destroyers which led President Johnson to order a direct bombing attack on North Vietnam (most historians now believe there was no attack)
  3. 12. A military base in northwestern South Vietnam that was attacked by communist troops. There was an increased traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail right before the assault.
  4. 14. As the longest armed conflict in US History, involvement in Vietnam lasted ___ years
  5. 15. line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam
  6. 16. The General in charge of Vietcong military operations during most of the conflict
  7. 17. Missions during which US patrols searched for hidden enemy camps then destroyed them with massive fire power and air raids
  8. 19. American military slang for communist forces, especially the Vietcong
  9. 20. South Vietnamese president that was catholic and strongly opposed communism. His poor leadership and corrupt government spelled doom
Down
  1. 1. Network of paths along the borders of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  2. 2. Demilitarized zone. The dividing line between North and South Vietnam established in 1954 at the Geneva Convention.
  3. 4. A 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War.
  4. 5. an organization of Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French
  5. 6. A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.
  6. 7. Accords Peace agreement that temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel
  7. 9. U.S. ally country that sent troops to Vietnam
  8. 10. The growing political youth movement in the 1960s
  9. 11. 35th President of the United States
  10. 13. President who authorized Operation Rolling Thunder
  11. 18. ___ Hilton (nickname of a Vietnam War prison)