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Le Loi
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Vietnamese military leader that used guerilla warfare to defeat the Chinese invaders
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Ho Chi Minh
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led the Vietnamese fight for independence
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Vietminh
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League for the Independence of Vietnam
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domino theory
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one event leads to the next and quickly a large area is affected
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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former government official under the French
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Vietcong
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members of the rebel force of the National Liberation Front were called this
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Robert S. McNamara
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Secretary of Defense that advised President Johnson to increase the U.S military commitment to Vietnam
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the U.S
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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bombing campaign against military targets in the North
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