📄 Fri 11.21.25 - Vietnam Articles

• After the French were defeated, the communists split the nation

•The US did not want the "Domino affect" to spread communism

•Most information about the Vietnam War was "Sanitized," but the comics provided an accurate story.

•The perception of the war was influenced by comics. 

•People burned draft cards in protest because they did not want to fight a pointless war.

•4 college students were killed by the national guard, riling up the people.

•The war was first televised to make it look good

•When seeing the war, the anti-war advocates argued that the war was an unnecessary, and colliders were dying for a not noble cause.

•US chemical warfare exposed many people to Agent Orange

•Agent Orange poisoned lakes and rice paddles.

•Hippies changed because they would find more meaning in life.

•Hippies don't protest and don't participate in politics.

•More than 2 million US residents claim residence from Vietnam

•It has been more than 40 tears since northern forces took saigon.

•4 presidents kept adding more troops until there were half a million.

•The north and America signed a peace agreement(ending the war), but the war didn't end until 1976.