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Across
  1. 2. He replaced Lyndon Johnson as US president in January 1969
  2. 4. The Viet Cong utilized extensive networks of these, to store weapons and supplies and hide from the enemy
  3. 5. Offensive operations to eradicate the Viet Cong from a particular area, 'search-and-___ missions'
  4. 7. Document passed by Congress in 1964, authorising the president to take action against North Vietnam, the Gulf of Tonkin ___
  5. 11. The act of murdering an unpopular or incompetent officer, usually with a strategically placed grenade
  6. 13. An explosive device or other potentially deadly object, planted and concealed to cause harm to enemy soldiers
  7. 14. A massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam, launched by the US in March 1965, Operation Rolling ___
  8. 15. North Vietnamese Army troops attacked this US base in Quang Tri in January 1968
  9. 17. In March 1965 this political leader announced his decision not to seek re-election
  10. 18. These reptiles posed an additional danger for soldiers in the Vietnam War
  11. 21. A US Navy ship reported being fired on by North Vietnamese boats in the Gulf of Tonkin in this month of 1964
  12. 25. This addictive drug was commonly available in Vietnam and used by many American soldiers
Down
  1. 1. Leader of North Vietnam
  2. 3. A coordinated offensive against the US and South Vietnam, launched by the Viet Cong and NVA in January 1968
  3. 5. Symbol of antiwar movement
  4. 6. The US military codeword for the area around My Lai, allegedly controlled by the Viet Cong
  5. 8. The American journalist who in 1969 broke the story of the My Lai massacre the previous year
  6. 9. Vietnam ___
  7. 10. The US Army unit involved in the My Lai massacre, ___ Company
  8. 12. American military slang for a remote or heavily forested area
  9. 16. A common abbreviation for an American serviceman
  10. 19. In April 1965 the prime minister of this nation announced the deployment of combat troops to Vietnam
  11. 20. A sharpened stick or stake, used by the Viet Cong as an anti-personnel booby trap
  12. 22. An overland supply corridor running through Laos and Cambodia, used to supply the Viet Cong, the 'Ho Chi Minh
  13. 23. American slang for offensive operations in Viet Cong areas, '___ missions'
  14. 24. An American term for a 12 month deployment in Vietnam, a 'tour of ___"