Across
- 5. started after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest.
- 6. Communist guerrilla troops known as Viet Cong (VC) dug tens of thousands of miles of
- 7. American soldiers brutally killed most of the people in the village of _
- 8. women who served were mostly _
- 10. 3 million total _
- 12. both sides wanted vietnam to be _
- 13. if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism, many other countries would follow
- 14. president,known as “Uncle Ho,” he would serve in that position for 25 years.
- 16. vietnam veteran who went on to make a movie trilogy about his vietnam experience.
Down
- 1. served as soldiers, health workers, and in news-gathering capacities.
- 2. mounted machine guns,travel up to 30 mph and was used to provide support for U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.
- 3. 1973
- 4. august 1965
- 9. 2 million _ were killed on both sides
- 11. north Vietnam were _
- 15. 58,000+ _ lost their lives