VIETNAM WAR 3
Vietnam War: Fighting Big Red
The Vietnam War was an ongoing fight for multiple countries. The spread of communism was a widespread fear much of the world was unable to bear. Americans were among the majority of people that feared the expansion of communism, often referred to as the “Spread of Red”. There were many standpoints during the Vietnam War era, including how the United States’ involvement in the war should have been. Despite all the controversy of the Vietnam War, it was a war worth fighting for America to stop the spread of communism in a country that the indigenous people were not able to stop …show more content…
troops were sent over full scale to help South Vietnam fight back against the North and Viet Cong.
As the Vietnam War continued, U.S. involvement in the war began escalating around the year of 1960. When John F. Kennedy took presidency of the United States, the U.S. started to invigorate troop force size in Vietnam (“Vietnam War”, 2016). U.S. helicopter units arrived in Saigon in 1961 in order to transport southern peasants to fortified locations and prepare these people to fight the enemy (“Vietnam War”, 2016). President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, putting an end to his actions and decisions made in Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson then succeeded Kennedy after the assassination, inheriting the Vietnam situation.
The Gulf of Tonkin led to the thorough intervention of the U.S. in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964 the North Vietnamese fired on a U.S. destroyer anchored in the Gulf of Tonkin (“Vietnam War Fast Facts”, 2016). This event obviously didn’t please anyone back in the states. United States President Johnson falsely claimed a second attack on the destroyer, leading the U.S. Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (“Vietnam War Fast Facts”, 2016). The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized full scale intervention of U.S. forces in Vietnam. President Johnson ordered the bombing of North Vietnam in retaliation for the Tonkin attack. The bombing campaign that Johnson ordered was called Operation Rolling Thunder. The U.S. bombed strategic points in North Vietnam along the course of the whole war after Operation Rolling Thunder was
Vietnam War: Fighting Big Red
The Vietnam War was an ongoing fight for multiple countries. The spread of communism was a widespread fear much of the world was unable to bear. Americans were among the majority of people that feared the expansion of communism, often referred to as the “Spread of Red”. There were many standpoints during the Vietnam War era, including how the United States’ involvement in the war should have been. Despite all the controversy of the Vietnam War, it was a war worth fighting for America to stop the spread of communism in a country that the indigenous people were not able to stop …show more content…
troops were sent over full scale to help South Vietnam fight back against the North and Viet Cong.
As the Vietnam War continued, U.S. involvement in the war began escalating around the year of 1960. When John F. Kennedy took presidency of the United States, the U.S. started to invigorate troop force size in Vietnam (“Vietnam War”, 2016). U.S. helicopter units arrived in Saigon in 1961 in order to transport southern peasants to fortified locations and prepare these people to fight the enemy (“Vietnam War”, 2016). President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, putting an end to his actions and decisions made in Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson then succeeded Kennedy after the assassination, inheriting the Vietnam situation.
The Gulf of Tonkin led to the thorough intervention of the U.S. in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964 the North Vietnamese fired on a U.S. destroyer anchored in the Gulf of Tonkin (“Vietnam War Fast Facts”, 2016). This event obviously didn’t please anyone back in the states. United States President Johnson falsely claimed a second attack on the destroyer, leading the U.S. Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (“Vietnam War Fast Facts”, 2016). The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized full scale intervention of U.S. forces in Vietnam. President Johnson ordered the bombing of North Vietnam in retaliation for the Tonkin attack. The bombing campaign that Johnson ordered was called Operation Rolling Thunder. The U.S. bombed strategic points in North Vietnam along the course of the whole war after Operation Rolling Thunder was