First TV War

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First TV War
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Quagmire (Domino Theory)
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Vietcong

• Vietnam- Communist
• Military branch of National Liberation Front
  (NLF)
• PAVN
• Hit and run guerilla tactics
• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• 1964 - 20-30 tons/day

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Attrition

• General William Westmoreland 1964-68
• Attrition
• Take initiative when possible
• Base camp structure
• Problems draft, difficulty with our supplies and
  protection, Ho Chi Minh Trail

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New Tactics

• 1st Air Cavalry
• La Drang
• Tactics
• basecamps
• Problems?

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Napalm
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Agent Orange

• Defoliant