Vietnam War Jameson A. D Block

VIETNAM WAR

The Vietnam war .77$ per issue

Good Morning Vietnam!

WRITTEN BY VIETCONG JAMESON ALLING MIA’S MRS HOLLANDS IMPORTANT PEOPLE [1]

VIETNAM November 1st 1955-April 30th 1975

Vietnam war The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975

VIETNAM WAR the Vietnam War Was fought between the US and the Vietnamese during 1955 and 1975

The Vietnam war, (Or known to the

hope that the soldiers can return.

Vietnamese, the War against America) was a long and dangerous war. More than 58000 American soldiers. 250000 Vietnamese soldiers died in this war. in a total, 83000 soldiers died.

A MIA is a missing in action. those are sent to the families of soldiers when they are missing.

Some people think the MIAs they sent where really just POW (prisoners of war) because they its was much harder to deal with an POW than a MIA. A MIA leaves a little bit of hope

Lighters In Vietnam, they soldiers had lighters, and some had special engraved things on them, such as funny/meaningful sayings

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Below is a civilian who is putting flowers in the barrels of the rifles the soldiers are holding, to show peace. Other pictures are memorials to the soldiers whom lost their lives whilst fighting

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VIETCONG/ IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Vietcong. The Vietcong was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, and emerged on the winning side. During the war, communists and anti-war spokesmen insisted the vietcong was an insurgency indigenous to the South. Many of the VietCong core members were "regroupees", southern Viet Minh who had resettled in the North after the Geneva Accord.

John F. Kennedy The 35th U.S. president, whose decision to send U.S. “military advisors� into Vietnam in 1962 marked the first official U.S. involvement in the country.

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Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels.

New York: Scholastic, 1988. Print.

"Vietnam War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

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1. Hooch

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

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Shelter

19 “Commanding officers hooch”

2. Alfa

First letter in the military alphabet

Its military alphabet

3. RPG

Noun

Rocket propelled grenade

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They used them in wars

4.boonies

noun

isolated country

29 “we should be in the boonies they were travelling to by now.” places like that alot

5.latrine

noun

Bathroom

31 “They went off looking for a latrine”

6. Vietcong

noun

Vietnamese soldier

“​They grabbed the vietcong

they were fighting the Vietcong

and threw him in the truck”​ 47 7. SAG

American labour union

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“We take all these little slant eyes, give em SAG cards and put em to work” 49

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8. White phosphorus

noun

Poisonous combustible chemicals

“ Call in some white phosphorous on him” 49

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