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The French lost control in Vietnam about the time the Korean War ended, hi had left the country partitioned into North and South Korea with China and IS USSR actively supporting the North communist government. “Then US President IIS empower geared Vietnam as Korea all over again and feared the whole Southeast Asia including Laos, Cambodia, Thailand would fall to communism in a domino beef etc as similar as what had happened in Eastern Europe (Domino Theory). ” The loss o f that essential regional trading area would encourage Taiwan, Japan, Australia and New Zealand to compromise politically with communism.
Therefore, the U. S intern ended in Vietnam trying to keep the South Vietnamese “domino” from falling. One major event that led to U. S. Involvement in Vietnam was the Gulf of Toni The thing that changed Johnny’s opinion was the Gulf of Tontine incident, hi h occurred in August Of 1964. It is widely believed by historians that a ship name deed the U. S. S. Maddox was off the coast of North Vietnam, in the Gulf of Tontine, to uncover intelligence. On August 2, three North Vietnamese gunboats opened fire at the e U.
S. Naval destroyer. The U. S. S. Maddox returned fire and the nearby U. S. S. Ticonderoga assisted in attacking North Vietnamese ships. This caused President Lyndon B Johnson to meet with the National Security Council and devise a plan of cacao n against North Vietnam. Knowing that the Vietnam war was very unpopular with the citizens on the Un Ted States helped me understand the dislike and discomfort of being in Vietnam. Many of these men were drafted and unwillingly went to fight a war they did not sup rot.
These men did things that seem unimaginable to someone in their right mind. They did things like accusing others Of stealing pocket knives, then breaking the call_Used peers eons nose. These men were probably angry at the fact that they were in this war, and the y didn’t get to choose to be there or not. War also messes with people’s minds. They were constantly paranoid and on edge. They acted out because of this. Another par tin the kook this relates to is when the main character gets his draft notice.