Defeat the communist north and unite Vietnam under one capitalist dictatorship. Win the war.
They withdrew from South Vietnam in defeat.
America fought against North Vietnam, in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat its invasion and conquest of South Vietnam.
President Johnson believed that the US could defeat north Vietnam because the US had won WWII with firepower, and the US had the most firepower on earth during the Vietnam War.
The U.S. defeat in Vietnam was considered a failure for the policy of containment. (if your doing study island "Korean and Vietnam war)
America helped out SOUTH Vietnam. NORTH Vietnam was attacking it.
America was defending Vietnam.
The Vietnam government claimed that about 400,000 Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam.
Vietnam Veterans of America was created in 1978.
the U.S. did not defeat the Viet Cong.
The US could have let Vietnam settle it's own issues. If the big Communist Powers had not supported them.
The Vietnam War made America stronger.