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1. What began as assistance to a country in need, became one of the most dangerous wars the U.S has ever faced. It is the year 1962 and everything is under control at the moment in South Vietnam. However, things will get worse as the government begins to tumble down. Ngo Dinh Diem, the leader of South Vietnam, has just prohibited the flying of the Buddhist Flag. Thousands of people died protesting this new law. In November of 1963, Diem was assassinated.
Ngo Dinh Nhu was assassinated along with Diem.
2. It is still the year 1962, and things seem more threatening in North Vietnam. The Viet Cong had begun attacking South Vietnam more often. John F. Kennedy had sent one man to examine the damage the Viet Cong had caused. Who was the man sent by Kennedy to evaluate the problems?
3. America's involvement in the war really began to heat up in 1964. A U.S destroyer, which had been cruising through the Gulf of Tonkin, was attacked by Vietnamese patrol boats. After this attack, Lyndon B. Johnson went to war against North Vietnam.
The name of the US destroyer that was attacked by enemy forces was USS Maddox.
4. After the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the Viet Cong began to attack with more power and with greater forces. This made South Vietnam's government more unstable which made it hard for the U.S to assist. However, in June 1965, a new government began with a military regime which was led by a ten-man army.
The name of this regime was National Leadership Committee.
5. You walk the streets of Vietnam, watching everyone as they pass by. You do not know which are friends and which are foes. The Communists fought a ________ war, or a war where soldiers do not wear uniforms, which makes the enemy very hard to spot, so you have to be extremely careful.
6. You have been in the war now for about one year, and it is 1965. Many terrorists attacks have taken place on American installations in South Vietnam. These bombings were used to try to force the U.S to retreat, but the only thing this forced the U.S to do was to attack more. These included bridges, highways, and what important Viet Cong supply line?
7. You hear about how people back in the U.S want the war to end and for the soldiers to come home. You also hear how a riot broke out at a college where four students were shot and killed for protesting about the war. At what college did this riot take place?
8. Now the year is 1969 and peace agreements are being negotiated. However, no one yet knows about these peace treaties except the leaders of North Vietnam and the US. President Nixon believed that this war should come to an end very soon, which led him to send whom to hold peace talks with North Vietnam?
9. Now 1970, many troops have returned to the U.S because of the process of 'Vietnamization', but you have agreed to stay for one final mission which involves attacking of North Vietnamese bases in Cambodia. Your squad has just been defeated by the enemy. Only you and few others remain alive. Soon after your capture, you are thrown into prison where you meet a Mexican-American pilot who had been shot down by enemy fire. You then discover that he has been a prisoner of the Vietnamese since 1964. What is the name of the man you have just met.
10. A cease-fire agreement has finally been signed. You and other fellow Americans will be sent back home to the U.S. When was the cease-fire agreement reached and where was it signed?
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