8E+Vietnam

=**__Veitnam War:__**=

[[image:288408w.jpg width="484" height="443" align="right"]]Explanation of Cartoon:
During the Vietnam War, President Johnson took it upon himself to replace the United States Military with Korean forces. Included in this cartoon is a visual description of the choices made in favor of the American people. President Johnson is sitting in the center of the picture in between the Koreans and Americans. Depicted in this cartoon are the stages of the Korean War. These stages show the beginning and end of the war. The first stage shows President Johnson exporting American soldiers to fight in Vietnam. And the final stage is the war ending, with Johnson substuting some of the Americans with the Korean Military. This cartoon represents America's "hands off" attitude when dealing with oversea affairs.

Timeline:

 * 1945 || Ho proclaimed Vietnam's independence from the French and expressed the hope that the United States and Great Britain would eventually support his anti colonial effort. ||
 * 1950 || The U.S. government established a Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) in Vietnam to help train a viable army, screen French requests for aid, and make helpful suggestions regarding strategy. ||
 * 1954 || America took responsibility of South Vietnam ||
 * 1955 || Eisenhower abandoned the allied approach and moved in a unilateral direction as the United States dedicated itself to building a strong Vietnamese nation in the South under the leadership of the enigmatic Ngo Dinh Diem. ||
 * 1957 || Full-scale insurrection against Diem resurfaced ||
 * 1960 || The communist government in North Vietnam announced the birth of the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam ||
 * 1964 || The budding crises between the United States and North Vietnam intensified with a North Vietnamese attack on the USS //Maddox// ||
 * 1965 || The United States made the fateful decision to commit major ground combat forces to the war in Vietnam. ||
 * 1964 || Gen. William C. Westmoreland had taken command of U.S. land forces in Vietnam ||
 * 1968 || The Viet Cong launched the massive surprise attack that became collectively known as the Tet Offensive ||
 * 1969 || U.S. government began withdrawing American ground forces from Vietnam ||
 * 1975 || United States did not respond to the North Vietnamese push far into South Vietnam ||
 * 1975 || The South Vietnamese government surrendered ||

**Work Cited:**
"American History." 2007. ABC- CLIO, Inc. 12 May 2007.  "United Streaming." 2007. Discovery Education, Inc. 12 May 2007. 