By John Dahlberg
Viet Cong
 one of the most fierce foes U.S. has ever faced. Known
for there ruthlessness and torture of prisoners.
 Extremely effective at guerilla warfare and lethal booby
traps.
U.S. navy seals
 The navy seals were first active 1962 as a special tact
force for recon and behind line missions.
 The navy seals had excellent records in the Vietnam
war with small squads operating in unconventional
warfare and guerilla tactics.
 Still the navy seals remain one of the best special
operation forces in the world.
Media and popularity
 Vietnam is a very popular movie and book topic with it
being moderately recent and intertwined with the
minds of millions.
 Movies like “Forrest Gump” about Vietnam or
somewhat about Vietnam are enticing and intriguing.
Some things make all the
difference
 The weapons and arms of military changed greatly
between world war two the Vietnam war.
 The main change in arms was the m16 and the mp5.
the m16 an automatic carbine with very accurate iron
sights and the mp5 a submachine gun also with iron
sights.
 The other important step forward is air support. The
gun ships of Vietnam such as the AC-130A has four
main 50cal. Machine guns with other guns, cannons
and many tons of bombs.
 The hippies of the Vietnam war era saw the war as an
unnecessary engagement and wanted to get the troops
out of Asia and back in the states. A famous slogan was
make love not war.
 Many starts of teen rebellion had its birth in this era.
The increased pressure of american youth led to a
small part of the U.S. withdrawl.
The draft
 Unlike WWII Vietnam was not popular and a war draft
was started making thousands serve.
 The draft was disbanded after the matter and the U.S.
is now an all volunteer military.
The bitter end
 Even though the U.S. never lost a single major battle
they eventually withdrew from Vietnam.
 With America gone the southern Vietnamese put up
little resistance soon the Vietcong flag was raised high.
 Many are scarred from Vietnam both emotionally and
physically. But we can all agree it was one of the
bloodiest and vicious wars of all time.
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