Vietnam War Trivia

1. Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1962 with 30 men. In what capacity?

From Quiz Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War

Answer: Army advisers

A specialist unit, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam was set up in 1962, in which the first involvement was sending 30 army advisors to Vietnam. On arrival these 30 specialists were dispersed among the United States advisers and spread all over South Vietnam with their headquarters in Saigon. They worked as advisers only on tactical, jungle warfare, signals and engineering and had no direct involvement in any combat.

From Quiz U.S. Air Force Losses in the Vietnam War

Answer: 15

Poor planning and poor micromanagement from Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska brought about staggering losses of the large B-52D/G/H Stratofortress heavy bombers. As the air campaign continued the crews flying the missions began to express their dislike of the continued same poor tactics by SAC, especially while the tactical fighter bombers of Tactical Air Command (TAC) continually adjusted there tactics to keep North Vietnam off balance with different approaches to target, different altitude, and SAC flew the same, day in and day out.

From Quiz GI Jargon: Vietnam War

Answer: bush

Almost every soldier who was 11B was headed to the 'Nam. Soldiers called themselves "11 bush". Hello Vietnam'!

From Quiz Medals and Decorations of the Vietnam War

Answer: Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm

The Gallantry Cross Unit Citation was extensively awarded to foreign troops by the government of the RVN. By 1974 it was decided to award it retroactively to any American Army unit involved in the Vietnam Conflict between 1961 and 1974, and therefore the soldiers.

From Quiz The Vietnam War: II

Answer: General Frederick Karch

**General Nathan Twining was in the airforce. From 1953 until 1957 he was the Chief of Staff for the US Airforce **Harkins was the first commander of MAC-V, he was eventually replaced by General Westmoreland. **General Frederick Karch stepped ashore with the Marines on 8 March 1965. Instead of being greeted by gunfire and explosions they were greeted with flowers, banners and smiling people. Karch was photographed looking very unhappy with a garland of flowers draped around his neck. He stated that the photograph was the source of a lot of trouble for him and people would ask why he was not smiling. In response he was quoted as saying "If I had to do it over, that picture would have been the same. When you have a son in Vietnam and he gets killed, you don't want a smiling general with flowers around his neck as leader at that point."

From Quiz A-Z of the Vietnam War

Answer: It was the colour of the band around the shipping drums

The defoliation program lasted from 1962 to 1969 in Vietnam and over 46 percent of the forests were sprayed with Agent Orange. There have been links to Agent Orange and illnesses suffered by Vietnam Veterans and their children

From Quiz Operation This-or-That

Answer: Invasion of Laos by South Vietnamese forces

Lam Son 719 was the invasion of Laos by ARVN troops in 1971. As a test of 'Vietnamization", the operation was conducted without American advisors. The Dewey Canyon part was conducted by American troops to keep supply lines open to the Lao border. The 719 came from the year of the operation, 1971, and the area were it took place, Highway 9.

From Quiz Who Was Who in the Vietnam War

Answer: Bao Dai

Bao Dai became emperor in 1928, but the French wouldn't let him return until 1932, but he was restricted in his power. During WW II he cooperated with the Japanese, who encouraged him to declare independence in 1945. After the 1964 Geneva Accords he appointed Diem to be premier. In a Diem controlled election, Diem was voted in as president. Bao Dai retuned to France and died in 1997. Diem was president until he was assasinated in 1963. Ky was premier and Thieu was president in the late sixties and early seventies.

From Quiz Shadow War - Laos and the Vietnam War

Answer: West

Laos is a landlocked country to the west of Vietnam. Together with Cambodia and Vietnam, it was part of French Indochina till 1949-54.

From Quiz I See Death Coming up the Hill ...

Answer: A Shau

During 1968's Tet Offensive the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) had staged an entire Division and also VC (Viet Cong) forces in the A Shau. In part, the valley was used as the springboard for the attacks on Hue and Da Nang. During the fierce fighting for Hue the NVA lost over 5,000 men.

From Quiz Vietnam 1955-1970 : Part II

Answer: Admiral John McCain

You may recognize the Admiral's name since his son was a P.O.W. in Hanoi and is now U.S. Senator John McCain, of Arizona.

From Quiz Vietnam 1955-1970 : Part I

Answer: Ngo Dinh Diem

Diem was very independent and had not collaborated with the Japanese or the Viet Minh. His stubborness would eventually be his downfall.

From Quiz Australians In The Vietnam War

Answer: Military Advisor

In 1963, Australia sent over 30 Military Advisers as a show of support to the USA. Over the duration of the war, many Advisers led South Vietnamese companies into battle. In fact the only Victoria Cross Medals awarded during the war (4 in total) were to Advisers.

From Quiz Last Stands: Dien Bien Phu!

Answer: Operation Castor

The objective of Castor was to create a strong threat to the VietMinh rearguard by sending offensive incursions from Dien Bien Phu, thus forcing the Viets to fight in a set-piece decisive battle. Like the Japanese at Midway, they only forced their own decisive defeat. Camargue and Hirondelle were succesful offensive operations launched by the French before Dien Bien Phu. Atlante was another counter-insurgency operation done concurrently with the battle involving twice as many French forces, causing that only a small number of reserves were available to reinforce Dien Bien Phu.

From Quiz Aussies in Vietnam

Answer: L1A1 SLR

The L1A1 Self Loading Rifle (SLR) was made under licence at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in Australia and was based on the Belgian FN. The SLR was a semi-automatic, gas operated weapon that fired the NATO 7.62mm round from a 20 round magazine. It was preferred over the M16 by Australian troops because of its greater stopping power (usually one hit - one kill). It could be converted to automatic fire (by grinding down the safety sear) but became hard to control. The SLR served the Australian Army for nearly 30 years before being replaced by the Austeyr 5.56mm rifle.

From Quiz VietNam, The Jungle

Answer: French defeat

It was a battle between the French and the Communist Vietminh. Fiercely fought for 57 days, the French suffered 1,726 killed, another 1,649 missing in action and over 5,000 wounded. The Vietminh never divulged their losses but they attacked with roughly 100,000 men against 15,000 Frenchmen. A conservative estimate of 8,000 killed and 15,000 wounded according to the French General Staff. As a result of this battle the impetus would now shift to the United States, which gradually became increasingly involved in Vietnam.

From Quiz B-52's Over Vietnam

Answer: 6

From Quiz General Vietnam War History

Answer: Diem

Diem was named premier in 1954 and emerged as President after ousting Bao Dai as head of state in 1955.

From Quiz Conflict in Vietnam

Answer: Nguyen That Thanh

Nguyen That Thanh was, sometimes, also known as Nguyen Sinh Cung.

From Quiz Equipping the US Military for the Vietnam War

Answer: Helicopter

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter was known as a Huey. It was originally called the HU-1 which led to it being called Huey. It was a single engine utility helicopter that went into military service in 1962. It was used in every role that a helicopter could be used from troop transport to medevac to gunship. Due to its widespread use, it has become an iconic image of the war.

From Quiz Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War

Answer: Conscription

The National Service Act (1964) was controversial from the start. This Act, known as the Conscription Act, undertook a yearly ballot based on 20-year-olds' birthdays. Each year young men waited nervously for the publication of that year's dates. Protests, moratoriums, sit-ins and general public outcry became common sights around the cities of Australia. In 1972 when the Labor Government was elected, conscription was cancelled as one of the first priorities of the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

From Quiz The Aircraft of The Vietnam War

Answer: USA

Japan did not play a part in the war. After World War Two Japan had to disband its armed forces completely in view of the acts of aggression that the country had committed from 1931-45. When it was allowed to rebuild its armed forces again from 1954 onwards their purpose was defined in the Japanese Constitution as purely for self-defense, and there were restrictions on their use.

From Quiz U.S. Air Force Losses in the Vietnam War

Answer: 382

Air Force F-4C/D/E combat losses; 33 to MiG fighters; 30 to Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM), and 307 to multiple forms of ground fire.

From Quiz GI Jargon: Vietnam War

Answer: a pig or hog

Servicemen called the M60 machine gun a pig or a hog. It received that name because of the ammo it ate.

From Quiz Medals and Decorations of the Vietnam War

Answer: Military Medal

The Military Medal was modelled after the French Médaille Militaire, which could also only be awarded to enlisted men (and sometimes senior generals) for distinguished service. Reasoning that any man dying for the cause of the RVN made them a hero it was decided to award all of them this prestigious award. However, with the increased numbers of US troops in Vietnam, and corresponding higher number of KIAs, the number of bestowals soared, and the policy was abandoned.

From Quiz Vietnam - That Place in Southeast Asia

Answer: Japan

Quite naturally, the riches of Vietnam's rubber plantations, along with the resources of wealth owned by its near neighbors were exploited in turn by Japan to aid its own war-making capabilities. After WWII, the French returned ...

From Quiz The Vietnam War: II

Answer: Military Assistance Command - Vietnam

**MACV was the Military Assistance Command-Vietnam. It was based at the Tan Son Nhut Airbase. It was first established in 1962 and wound up in 1973. Over the years it was commanded by Generals Harkins, Westmoreland, Abrams and Weyand. **MACV controlled all the US Military Forces that were in Vietnam and reported to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC).

From Quiz A-Z of the Vietnam War

Answer: A type of ammunition round

The beehive was a type of ammunition used in tank shells, aerial rockets and artillery shells. The shells contained literally thousands of small tiny steel pointed projectiles. Helicopter gunship pilots called them "Nails".

From Quiz Operation This-or-That

Answer: Interdiction of VC supplies in Mekong Delta area

Game Warden was a long term project, lasting 1965-1970. It goal was to disrupt VC use of the the network of streams and rivers in the Mekong Delta for military operations.

From Quiz Who Was Who in the Vietnam War

Answer: Madam Nhu

Madam Nhu, born Tran Le Xuan, was the wife of President Diem's brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu. Because Diem wasn't married she was a surrogate 'first lady'. She was very arrogant, ultra conservative on social and moral issues and was given the name 'Dragon Lady'. She issued several decrees banning divorce, dancing, and beauty contests. She even had her own paramilitary called the Women's Solidarity Movement. She was in the US during the coup of 1963 after which she went into exile in Rome.

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