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Effect of Vietnam War on the South Vietnamese Soldiers

By Megan and Tracey

Introduction       Questions       Resources       Big Question

INTRODUCTION

     The Vietnam War had many effects on many groups during and after the war. Especially the South Vietnamese soldiers who were defending the anti-communist party.

 

QUESTIONS

1. How many South Vietnamese died during the Vietnam War?

 

2. Why else did the South Vietnamese fight in this war?

 

3. What are some of the stuff some Vietnamese suffer after the war?

 

4. What disorder are many people suffering from that many never knew would happen?

 

5. What did Bui Dinh Bi say that it felt like when Agent Orange touch his skin?

 

6.What are two of the key strategies of the alliance that proved successful?

 

7. What year was it when Johnson began bombing North Vietnam and sent the Marines to South Vietnam?

 

8. What was supposed to leave the enemy with nowhere to hide? This also caused tumors all over the body

 

9.  Who supported the South Vietnam in the early 1960s when they were keeping with the policies of other nations?

 

10. The South Vietnamese soldiers lost their lives or parts of their bodies in war, not only for Vietnam but also for the security of what else?

 

RESOURCES

http://www.vietquoc.com/dis-vet.htm

 

http://www.vietnam-war.info/veterans/

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20001105agentorange1.asp

 

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/causes.htm

 

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/vietnam.htm

 

 

BIG QUESTION

What was the effect of the Vietnam War on South Vietnamese Soldiers in Vietnam?