Vietnam War - U.S. History

2. Refugees who fled Vietnam after the war.
4. U.S. program of counting enemy bodies to measure success or failure of missions. Pressure on soldiers for a high “body count” led to the killing of many Vietnamese civilians.
7. area where enemy is presumed to be and where anything is a legitimate target.
9. increasing the scope and intensity of fighting, as with more bombing, opposite of de-escalation.
11. A pardon, given by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, to most of the 10,000 Vietnam-era draft evaders.
12. Nickname for female Red Cross workers who served in Vietnam.
14. Front line U.S.troops, who had the toughest, most dangerous jobs.
15. Group tried for conspiracy to cross state lines to incite violence in connection with anti war demonstration at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.
16. your own forces gunfire or bombing.
18. Refers to killing and wounding of student anti war protesters at Kent State University by National Guard troops on May 4th 1970.

1. A U.S. attack helicopter.
3. U.S. plane capable of circling over a target and firing tens of thousands of shells into a small area.
5. world Term used by American troops to refer to the U.S.
6. Proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman in 1947, it committed the U.S. to aid anti communist forces anywhere in the world; it is seen as the foundation of U.S. decision to go to war in Vietnam.
8. Term for young Americans who evaded military service during the war.
10. A defoliants in the U.S. sprayed on jungle areas to remove enemy hiding places. Many U.S. troops claim it gave them cancer and produced birth defects in their children.
13. U.S. troops slang for kilometers, measuring distance in Vietnam.
17. Emotional stress suffered by many Vietnam veterans after they return home.