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French in Vietnam
80,000 french troops arrived at south of Korea agreeing to be calm with them then the lie and try to invade -
38th parallel
Circle latitude 38 degrees North of the Earth's Equatorial plane plus forms the boarder of North and South Korea. -
Summer of Terror
At least 100,000 people executed by Korean ally of US. -
North Korean Invasion
Over 75,000 north Korean soldiers pored across the 38th parallel and the first actions of the cold war. -
Truman's aid to Korea
Truman announces that he orders U.S air and naval forces to south Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by North Korea. -
Korean Armistice
A treaty that ends the war for good. -
Vietcong
Member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War. -
Kennedy's involvement in Vietnam
JFK wanted to contain communism, which Vietnam was heavily involved in keeping communism there. Kennedy was okay with letting Vietnam keep their communism, but he was certainly not okay with it spreading to other countries. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Fewer than nine hours of committee consideration and floor debate, Congress voted, on August 10, 1964, on a joint resolution authorizing the president "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom". -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Fewer than nine hours of committee consideration and floor debate, Congress voted, on August 10, 1964, on a joint resolution authorizing the president "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom". -
Tet Offensive
was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam -
Draft
If you were a male between the ages of 21 and 36 this was the day you started to worry. On this day the Selective Service was born and many mothers worried their baby boys would go off to war. There was no time to mourn. When they were drafted they would pack up and leave in a blink of an eye
