THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM
During WWII Japan invaded Vietnam and occupied it.
1965-1969 U.S was involved in a limited war with Vietnam. Although there were aerial bombing of the north. President Johnson wanted the fighting to be limited to the south Vietnam. But when North Vietnam fired on a U.S destroyer in the gulf of Tonkin, congress authorized the president to use ''armed forces'' to repel any future attacks.
1965-1969 U.S was involved in a limited war with Vietnam. Although there were aerial bombing of the north. President Johnson wanted the fighting to be limited to the south Vietnam. But when North Vietnam fired on a U.S destroyer in the gulf of Tonkin, congress authorized the president to use ''armed forces'' to repel any future attacks.
The Vietnams veterans memorial Washington D.C lists the names of nearly 58.,000 Americans who were killed or missing in action in the Vietnam war. The memorial includes two black granite walls forming a V shape, ten years after the last U.S ground combat unit left Vietnam.