Vietnam War

That objective was held off (delayed) until the communists finally won the war on 30 April '75; consequently, the US political and military objectives failed on that date.

Prince Shihanok ruled Cambodia during the initial of Vietnam War. Because he allowed North Vietnamese to use Cambodian road as transportation, the US helped Lon Nol to overthrow Prince Shikanok and became the prime minister of Cambodia.

During the war it was, anything within reach of the North/South Vietnamese coastlines were subject to search/seizure/attack/destruction by the US Navy/allies or the enemy (North Vietnamese Navy).

how come the united states did not invade north vietnam to end the war

1956; conventionally, 1964.

Approximately 120 US airmen scored aerial victories over North Vietnamese airmen during the war. USN Cunningham & USAF Ritchie earned "Ace" status while flying the F-4 Phantom II's; our last "Ace's" of the 20th Century. Approximately 20 USN F-8 Crusader pilots (see History Channel/Dog-Fights Series: The Last Gunfighter) scored aerial victories against NVAF MiGs. For a fairly accurate list of US Airmen scoring victories against NVAF MiGs see website: US Air to Air Victories in the Vietnam War; Books: "Clashes: Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965-1972", by Marshall L. Mitchell III (1997); "North American F-100 Supersabre", by David Anderton (Osprey Books 1987)...this book contains information about USAF CPT Donald Kilgus, whom might be the first US Airman to have scored the first US dog-fight victory over a NVAF MIG-17 on 04 April 1965; while flying his F-100 Supersabre. "Journey Into Darkness", by LTC Philip Smith is the only aerial combat account of a USAF F-104 Starfighter in combat, a brief one or two chapter on a Starfighter being engaged by a Red Chinese MIG-19 (J-6 version) when his F-104 strayed to too close to the border while on a mission over North Vietnam. He was released from a Red Chinese prison, after President Nixon's "secret" agenda visit to Red China in 1972.

South Vietnam

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The Vietnam war was not an official war, but rather a conflict. The United States never officially declared war on North Vietnam, but placed troops in South Vietnam to aid the troops and Government of South Vietnam. This is why the United States "lost" the war, because their hands were tied in and unofficial conflict. In many ways, it was also a proxy war between the Soviet Union and the United States, both testing new weaponry against each others best, and sending men in whether it was to take part in combat or to advise the local military. Soviet involvement was limited, but involved the arming of the North Vietnamese with modern Soviet equipment, as advisors, and in a few isolated circumstances as combat pilots.

Vietnam Era: He flew a F102 Delta Dagger with the Texas Air National Guard. F102's fought in Vietnam, 14 were lost; including one shot down in aerial combat with MiG 21's.

Nixon pulled the troops and then just started carpet bombing the place and using napalm, which, interestingly, was made illegal after the firebombing campaigns of WWII.

We didn't lose we just came back because people of the U.S. were getting tired of the war Technically, we were fighting to maintain South Vietnam as a free country independent of North Vietnam. This was achieved with the signing of the Paris Peace Accord in which North Vietnam agreed to cease military action against the South. When the North resumed their aggression in violation of the accord, the US public would have hanged any politician who dared suggest sending our troops back.

The North Koreans were communist and because of this the USSR supported them. The South Koreans were democratic and required help from foreign countries to defend itself from the Northern communists. The Americans were quick to help the South Koreans because they were very anti-communist at this point and wanted to stop the spread of communist through Eastern Europe and Asai.

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The Tet Offensive in 1968 demonstrated that the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were not nearing defeat as the United States government had repeatedly claimed. Though their attempt to conquer the country during the offensive failed, it demonstrated that the United States had not been successful in neutralizing the North Vietnamese war effort and convinced many people in the United States that the war could not be won.

Patriotism; meaning support and defense of one's country.

Odds are, you're most likely looking for the popular term "hawk" which has already been blown out of proportion by the current generation, because it sounds better (sounds cool). But used in the Vietnam era, a hawk was considered patriotic...but was also used to really mean AGGRESSIVE...as eagles, falcons, and hawks are birds of prey...and are aggressive killers. Thus the term "hawk" for "bombing (North Vietnam) back into the stone age!" Words of USAF Gen Curtis LeMay in 1965.

Guerrilla tactics

There were some "civilian" single shot (single barrel) shotguns in South Vietnam...probably brought over by some early US servicemen. In the meantime, the standard pump 12 gauge US military shotgun has always been the Winchester Model 1897 pump shotgun. This model is easily identified as it has an exposed hammer at the receiver end; and companies don't make exposed hammers on rifles and shotguns anymore (unless they are replicas of something). The Remington pump transitioned thru the inventory during the war, and shortly after the war, came the Mossberg.

The Vietnam War changed America in many different ways. It's very well known that Vietnam dealt a profound blow to our self-image. This devastating setback was so profound that in 1990 Saddam Hussein was so convinced that the Americans would not support another eastern war after Vietnam that he boldly conquered Kuwait at the risk of US and UN involvement. George H. W. Bush responded by promising his constituents that the Gulf War "would not be another Vietnam." His administration was careful to portray the 1991 conflict as a clinical, distant, and technological battle. After the coalition forces, dominated by troops and leaders from the US, won a decisive victory President Bush jubilantly declared, "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all!"

This clearly demonstrates that after Vietnam Americans no longer believed they were militarily invincible and were less willing to support foreign troops abroad. Increasingly Americans began seeing their nation as a bellicose war mongering nation sacrificing its sons and daughters needlessly. Even before the war ended Americans were beginning to change their historical approach to liberating unstable countries. For example, after the Spanish-American War the US troops maintained a continuous presence in the Philippine Isles and established a pro-American administration. They built roads, drained swamps, battled yellow fever (often using volunteer soldiers from the marines as human guinea pigs) and established sanitation systems. The Americans felt that they were the only ones who could liberate and civilize 'the khakis.' They took this full obligation upon themselves.

However, a new approach (what is now being employed in Iraq,) was founded by Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War as Americans were increasingly feeling the burden of a distant, multi-billion dollar police action. Declared "the Nixon Doctrine," this new tactic announced that Americans would honor previous defence commitments but that in the future foreigners would have to fight their own battles without US support. Nixon plainly declared, "America cannot…undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world."

This was a transformation in America's self image, and it was increasingly popular. President Roosevelt, for example, used his infamous 'big stick,' to take over debt-stricken South American nations without provocation. He cleaned up corrupt politicians and paid off the nations debts before stepping out. He took it upon himself, with the support of the American people, to defend these nations from European debt collectors. After Vietnam Americans no longer believe it's their place or within their power to police the world, even for the greater good. Instead, our new approach is to ennable locals to protect and maintain themselves. We send 20 billion dollars a year in foreign aid to Iraq in an attempt to outfit, equip, and ennable the local, freshly established administration.

I recomend you read "The American Pageant," by David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey.

No more North & South Vietnam; just Vietnam.

John Flinken caused the conflict

Yippies carried out demonstrations in the streets outside the 1968 Democratic Convention. Chicago Police attacked them. Anti-War Protesters were trying to influence the Democratic Convention to choose a Peace Candidate to end the war in Vietnam which had escalated rapidly under LBJ.

The primary US Leaders in the Vietnam War were: President's Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr, Senator Robert Kennedy, National Security Advisors McGeorge Bundy, and Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Some of the primary military leaders were: GENERAL's Maxwell Taylor, Harkins, Westmoreland, and Abrams. Some of the lesser known famous men in Vietnam were: GEN James Stewart (actor Jimmy Stewart), Glen Ford (actor, USNR), John Wayne (actor, filmed the first positive movie about Vietnam in order to support the troops, with the film, "The Green Berets"), COL George S. Patton (son of WWII George S. Patton). The remaining US military personnel in Vietnam, were the common, standard, normal American young men, usually from about 18 years old to their late 20's.