Click2History - Vietnam - Chapter 7

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>VIETNAM</p> <p><font size=4>CHAPTER 7 - AIR AND GROUND ATTACKS<br> 1966-67</font></p> </font> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">Fighting in Vietnam’s civil war intensified as America aided the South:</p> <blockquote><ul> <li>A Marine <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/30/36-2922a.gif" target="_blank"><b>flame thrower</b></a> tank in action.</li><br><br> <li>In March, 1966, the Viet Cong attacked a South Vietnamese village with particular ferocity. The U.S. Air Force airlifted <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/28/7/28-0623a.gif" target="_blank"><b>villagers</b></a> to a safe area near Saigon.</li><br><br> <li>While under fire, Marines <a href="http://www.lifemag.com/Life/burrows/c4.html" target="_blank"><b>recovered</b></a> the body of a fallen comrade.</li><br><br> <li><a href="http://www.lifemag.com/Life/burrows/c5.html" target="_blank"><b>Wounded</b></a> American Marines</li><br><br> <li>The <i>USS Enterprise</i> <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/31/36-3028a.gif" target="_blank"><b>cruised</b></a> the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin</li><br><br> <li>Troops from "A" company, 1st Air Cavalry, on "<a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/29/36-2860a.gif" target="_blank"><b>house patrol</b></a>," checked for North Vietnamese saboteurs.</li><br><br> <li>Marines <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/30/36-2929a.gif" target="_blank"><b>bathed</b></a> in a stream.</li><br><br> <li>Soldiers take <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/29/36-2862a.gif" target="_blank"><b>a break</b></a> and drink coconut milk during the search and seizure phase of "Operation Pershing."</li><br><br> <li>While a Marine <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/30/36-2947a.gif" target="_blank"><b>sentry</b></a> stands guard, his comrades celebrate an outdoor Mass.</li><br><br> <li>A familiar sight during the war: <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/36/30/36-2904a.gif" target="_blank"><b>Carrying</b></a> a wounded man from the scene of battle.</li><br><br> <li>The President and General Westmoreland <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/27/29-2651a.gif" target="_blank"><b>visited</b></a> troops at Cam Ranh Bay on December 23, 1967.</blockquote></ul> <p>Unknown to LBJ and his generals, however, North Vietnam was planning a massive <a href="http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/tetmap.htm" target="_blank"><b>invasion</b></a> of the south to <a href="http://www.cgc.maricopa.edu/williams/block/students/matt-k/AsiaPP/sld002.htm" target="_blank"><b>coincide</b></a> with "Tet" (the Vietnamese New Year). Called the "<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/107ts.html" target="_blank"><b>Tet Offensive</b></a>," it was responsible for huge losses in the South and major draft increases in America. Most people believe it was the <a href="http://www.cgc.maricopa.edu/williams/block/students/matt-k/AsiaPP/sld006.htm" target="_blank"><b>turning point</b></a> of the Vietnam War.</p> <p>Tet’s terror was widespread. With little doubt, the worst events took place in the ancient city of Hue where the Viet Cong massacred thousands of people.</p> </div> <p align="center"><font size="2"><a href="vietnam_war_ch6.htm">GO TO LAST CHAPTER</a>   <a href="vietnam_war_ch1.htm">BACK TO FIRST CHAPTER</a>   <a href="vietnam_war_ch8.htm">GO TO NEXT CHAPTER</a></p><br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body>