THE U.S ROLE IN THE VIETNAM WAR

By creating this page we hope to offer acess to information regarding the U.S invovlment and role in the Vietnam war. By searching and filtering out the links we found on the internet we came up with the following five links which we found to contain intresting and detailed content that outlines the U.S Role and Invovlment in the war at the time. By reading the contents of the following sites we gained detailed insights into how the U.S became involved in the war and its role during the war.

AND NOW THE LINKS...

LINK 1

This site contains a article detailing the US involvement in the Vietnam war. The article contains an overview of the US involvement and major strategic movements of the US armed forces in Vietnam during the war. The article also explains how other US allies joined the US effort. This is a relatively short and concise article.

LINK 2

This relatively short site contains information regarding aspects of the Vietnam war that made it stand out from other wars. Facts are given regarding the aspects of the US involvement in the war that made this war different for the US armed forces. This text intensive site provides factual insights into the war.

LINK 3

This text intensive sight contains two letters dated in 1954 and 1962 written by Eisenhower and Kennedy respectively to the president of southern Vietnam regarding the United States views about intervention into the conflict with Northern Vietnam.

LINK4

This site contains President Johnson's 1964 letter to congress requesting approval to launch a US military retaliation against North Vietnam. The site also includes congress's response allowing President Johnson to launch the retaliation.

LINK 5

This site contains the 1965 state department white paper regarding the details of the North Vietnam threat to South Vietnam and the United States intentions of entering the war. The paper also contains the United States policies regarding the North Vietnamese aggression against southern Vietnam.

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      ESER CHAMOGLU    MICHAEL HERNANDEZ

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