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Vietnam War
To what extent did the Vietnam War change the political and social
atmosphere of the United States? And Why?
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
“ The Congress approves and supports
the determination of the President as
Commander and Chief, to take all
necessary measures to repel any armed
attack against the forces of the United
States to prevent any further aggression .
Sec2: the United States regards as vital to
its national interest and to world peace
the maintenance of international peace
and security in southeast Asia”
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&
doc=98#
Based on this document, how did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Change the Power of
the President?
Johnson Escalates War
US Troop Levels in Vietnam (as of Dec. 31st )
www.loc.gov/.../herblock/images/escalator.jpg
What is Johnsons position referred to in the cartoon and chart?
The Draft
Torn draft card, 1960s. NYU Archives Collection.
www.nyu.edu/.../arch/1967/67Images/Draftcard.gif
Elvis Presley (right) reports with other inductees (Nathaniel
Wigginson, center, and Presley’s childhood friend Farley Guy, left) in
Memphis on March 24, 1958. (AP photo)
www.airforce-magazine.com/.../draft02.jpg
How did young men respond
after receiving a draft notice?
An anti-war demonstrator burns his draft card at a
Vietnam War protest outside the Pentagon in
October 1967.(Photo by Wally McNamee via
Corbis)
www.airforce-magazine.com/.../draft01.jpg
The Tet Offensive and Khe Sahn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7N-aCtlLo
Tet Offensive
Vietnam Report IX: In Violation Of The Tet Truce, Embassy of The Republic of
Vietnam (23 pages) [01 February 1968]
What tone does the Vietnam Authorities convey about the attacks?
http://www.virtual.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgibin/starfetch.exe?XGtiQ5KNo.UmvAS0JjkeTA171AVemfgFuptG1jsIAWOGUkaSVocK9XfFqdzrm.CtKxkZ850FM.fSdTY5hgshSe4t5S58rrQk
TgA2iUdBBPM/2131111023.pdf
My Lai
UNITED STATES, Appellee v WILLIAM L. CALLEY, JR., First
Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Appellant No. 26,875
United States Court of Military Appeals
December 21, 1973
•
QUINN, Judge: First Lieutenant Calley
stands convicted of the premeditated
murder of 22 infants, children,
women, and old men, and of assault
with intent to murder a child of
about 2 years of age. All the killings
and the assault took place on March
16, 1968 in the area of the village of
May Lai in the Republic of South
Vietnam. The Army Court of Military
Review affirmed the findings of guilty
and the sentence, which, as reduced
by the convening authority, includes
dismissal and confinement at hard
labor for 20 years.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYL_uscm
a.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHk4TGWx0ZM
How did the Events of My Lai Change the Public’s Opinion of the Soldiers in War?
Protest Music
Fortunate Son, Credence Clearwater Revivial
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son,
no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we
give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one,
one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no
no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no
no no,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1xATrGMtg&feature=related.
What impression does the song and
video give about US involvement in
Vietnam?
Opinions of the War
“You Peaceniks Burn Me Up!.” Issues of our Times in Cartoons (HighsmithInc. 1995.).
Karl Hubenthal, ,San Francisco Examiner,10/19/1967
According to the cartoons, what are the different opinions of the American Public?
War Powers Act 1973
(c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation The
constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to
introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the
circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to
• (1) a declaration of war,
• (2) specific statutory authorization, or
• (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United
States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001541----000-.html
How did the War Powers Act change the ability for the president to wage war?
Vietnam
• To what extent did the Vietnam War change
the political and social atmosphere of the
United States? And Why
Reference
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7N-aCtlLo. From the documentary 'Dear America: Letters Home
from Vietnam’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1xATrGMtg&feature=related. CCR Fortunate son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHk4TGWx0ZM My Lai