Viet Cong

On the morning of March 16th, 1968 in two hamlets of Son My village in Quảng Ngãi Province, the thin border between duty and war crime was crossed when American soldiers raped, mutilated and killed between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese men, women and children. There was no sign of resistance nor possession of weapons. According to evidence from various informants, the 48th Vietcong infantry Battalion was harbored within the border of My Lai, but in truth only innocent civilians occupied the…

Development (AID) resources.Komer knew, however, that simple AID programs would not be enough. He believe that “military victory…would be meaning less…unless the Viet Cong political structure could be destroyed.” Also, the “U.S. found itself unable to cope with Vietcong insurgency.” From this need to destroy and contain the Viet Cong structure came the birth of the Phoenix…

The United States Marine Corps has been a very influential branch of the American military since the beginning of the American Revolution. They have fought in every American war in order to protect the United States and its democratic beliefs. Throughout the many years of dedicated service from the Marine Corps there have been marines that stand above the rest earning high ranking positions or having shown great heroism and bravery. The Marine Corps originated in Philadelphia, where two…

The Vietnam war was a 19-year long battle that took place in North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. To Harry G. Summer, the conflict had the 18th century stylistic fighting and war strategy so many causalities of Men, Women and Children. And to Michael Hennessy the vietnam war was a strategic war that started peaceful and ended as not so peaceful. I find myself wondering what the advantage of the Vietnam war was to america. Our two Historians , as well as others, will help us find the…

in Vietnam dating all the way back to World War II when they had sought to end Japanese occupation in Southeastern Asia, including Vietnam. By aiding the Vietnamese guerilla fighters, also known as the “Viet-Minh”, the United States was able to assist the communist regime within Vietnam. The “Viet-Minh” were led by Ho Chi Minh, a Communist, who greatly admired the United States. When Japan surrendered in World War II, it pulled its troops out of Vietnam. This led to a surge of invigoration by Ho…

the jungles of Cambodia as he was a strong believer of nationalistic ideologies much like the Americans. Thus the spread of the Vietnam War further continued as in 1968, Sihanouk restored diplomatic relations with the US and allowed them to bomb Viet Cong hiding in places on the Cambodian border which destabilised the Cambodian society and was the catalyst of a civil…

their participation in the war. Nixon wished to improve relations with communist China Additionally, the economy of America was suffering exceedingly from budget deficits and inflation. Nixon was a realist and notably recognized the strength of the Viet Cong and accepted that the US would not prosper in the war. Accordingly, he aspired to end America’s involvement in the war. However, negotiations in Paris proved arduous and laborious with Nixon using the Chinese to pressurise the North…

satellite states that each of these nations had been used for this purpose. The Vietnam War was one of the cases in which the Cold War turned into an armed battle in which the US and China supported different sides. Northern Vietnam, ruled by the communist Viet Mingh wanted to control the Southern part of the country in order to have a unified country under their terms. Meanwhile the Southern side they…

On March 16, 1968, the first platoon investigated My Lai, a small village in Southern Vietnam with around 700 residents (Stock 6). The village was searched for Viet Cong soldiers, until gunfire went off. The high tension in the village caused the soldiers to fire at will, killing hundreds of unarmed civilians. Rumors of the incident at My Lai spread through the army’s chain of command. Ronald Ridenhour, a former…

toll the war takes on the soldiers themselves, showing that they aren't just pawns being sent out to die but real people with hopes and dreams. Delaney, Kevin. “ABC.” ABC News , ABC, 30 Apr. 1975. The news cast starts with talks of peace between Viet cong and America. “It followed a year of renewed bombing of the north and the mining haiphong harbor“ however it then begun to go off onto a different topic the prisoner.”On the last day of captivity the prisoners were inspected…