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1965. NLF. National Liberation Front Political group operating in South Vietnam Wanted to overthrow the south government. Vietcong. Military Branch of NLF Relied on Ho Chi Minh Trail Consisted of a regular army and a guerilla army. Where are they fighting?. Ho Chi Minh Trail. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National Liberation Front

Political group operating in South Vietnam

Wanted to overthrow the south government

NLF

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Military Branch of NLF

Relied on Ho Chi Minh Trail

Consisted of a regular army and a guerilla army

Vietcong

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Where are they fighting?

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Supply route for the Viet Cong

Brought supplies from the North to the South

Ran through Laos and Cambodia

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Bicycles on the trail

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A new type of warfare

U.S. would spot Vietnamese forces from air

Would then drop soldiers into area with helicopters

Air Cavalry

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Command of People’s Army and Viet Cong

Task is to draw the air cavalry into battle

Learn how they fight

General Chu Huy Man

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Attacked by North Vietnamese soldiers

Causes the US to send in the air cavalry to locate and destroy the Vietnamese

Plei Mai Special Forces Camp

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Battle of La Drang Valley

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American Commander at La Drang

Colonel Hal Moore

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Aka Battle of Ho Bo Woods

Objective was to destroy the underground Vietcong headquarters

Operation Crimp – Jan. 1966

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120 miles of tunnels

They led to the underground headquarters of the Viet Cong

Underground tunnels

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Troops were flown to Cu Chi

Engineers mapped and laid out the tunnels

The task was then to destroy the tunnels

Crimp

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American soldiers

Tasked with going into the tunnels

Armed with a pistol and a flashlight

Tunnel Rats

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Punjabi Stakes

Booby Traps of course

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Cleared and destroyed miles of tunnels

Captured documents and intelligence reports

Americans claimed it as a military victory

Outcome of Crimp


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