HIST 2057 Chapter : 04-Apr
Document Summary
Gulf of tonkin resolution (1964) - a us ship is going in the northern part of vietnam, and once it gets in there it gets fired upon. Johnson used this incident to claim that it was an attack on the. Us to send military to help the south vietnamese army. This resolution he gets authority to use airpower in vietnam. He also sends in ground troops: tet offensive (1968) - (tet- vietnamese new year)- militarily it is not successful; it is successful in that it kind of betrays especially to the americans, that they are winning the war. They burn down all huts, and shooting the people as they are leaving their huts. All together about 500 of the villagers end up getting killed, the. The military tried to keep it away from the press. Lt. william calley- imprisonment for life, he gets parole and only serves 3 years in jail.
