Vietnam Board 2007

Vietnam: The Board Game

What was that called?

This was Nixon’s term for lessening the level of US involvement and

increasing the responsibility of the South Vietnamese

Vietnamization

Question: the O’Doyle category

During World War II, what country ruled Vietnam?

Japan

Picture this…

What/who are these monks protesting?

Diem

Question: The O’Doyle Category

Who lost at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?

The French

Question: Follow the Leader

Who might have said this?“I won over 100% of the popular vote

in my election?

Ngo Dihn Diem

Question

Our side or their side?

Vietcong

Their side

Question: Follow the Leader

“I quoted the Declaration of Independence hoping to gain US

support.”

Ho Chi Minh

Question: Follow the Leader

“I subscribed to the Madman Theory…but they didn’t buy it.”

Richard Nixon

Question: Follow the Leader

“I was the original President to side with South Vietnam; I gave them a

few bucks and 300 advisors.”

Harry S. Truman

Question: Follow the Leader

“I love playing dominoes…heck, I’m going to develop a theory based on

dominoes.”

Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower

Question: Follow the Leader

“As president I could not afford another Cold War defeat…so I increased our

‘advisors’ from 700 to 16,000.”

John F. Kennedy

Follow the Leader

“I was the US president when Diem was assassinated.”

John F. Kennedy

Follow the Leader

“People liked my leadership so much in Vietnam that they lit themselves on fire.”

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question

Our side or their side?

National Liberation Front

Their side

Follow the Leader

“I won the 1972 election.”

Richard Nixon

Question

For over 1,000 years, what country ruled Vietnam?

China

Birds

Hawk or Dove?

Martin Luther King

Dove

Picture this…

In what year is this occurring? 1968, 1972, 1975?

1975

Picture this

At what university did this occur?

Kent State

Follow the Leader

“I sent in the Green Berets.”

John F. Kennedy

Question

Our side or their side?

South Vietnam

Our side

Where in the World?

Where the Pathet Lao lived

Laos

Where in the World?

The USS Maddox was “attacked” here

The Gulf of Tonkin

Question

Our side or their side?

ARVN

Our side

By the numbers…

What is the significance of this number?

25%

The percentage of US soldiers who were drafted in the Vietnam

war

Really or not really?

LBJ’s air war cost the US more than it cost the North Vietnamese

Really

Really or not really?

A higher percentage of US soldiers were drafted in World War II than

were drafted in Vietnam.

Really

Chicken or Egg?

Which event came first: Gulf of Tonkin Incident or My Lai Massacre

Gulf of Tonkin

Picture this…

Why are these people running?

Napalm attack

By the numbers…

What is the significance of this number?

19The average age of the US

soldier in Vietnam

Question

Our side or their side?

Charlie

Their side

Picture this….

During what event is this occurring?

Tet Offensive

Follow the Leader

“I was the Commander of forces in Vietnam. I asked LBJ for 206,000

more troops in 1968.”

William Westmoreland

Picture this…

What event just took place?

My Lai Massacre

Question: Follow the Leader

“Congress granted me the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.”

LBJ

Really or not really?

The highest levels of US troop involvement occurred during the

Richard Nixon presidency.

Not really

Follow the Leader

“I won the 1968 election.”

Richard Nixon

Question

Our side or their side?

Pathet Lao

Their side

By the numbers

What is the significance of this number?

58,000The number of US soldiers killed in

action

By the numbers

What is the significance of the following number?

2.6 million

The number of US soldiers who served in-country in Vietnam

What’s the word?

This was the name of LBJ’s bombing campaign on the North…

Operation Rolling Thunder

What was that called?

This conference established the 17th parallel as the dividing line between

North and South Vietnam

Geneva Conference

What was that called?

This was the name of the attack by the North on the South once American troops had left…this brought about

the fall of Saigon

Ho Chi Minh Offensive

Who are they?

This group’s mission was to “out guerilla the guerillas.”

Tiger Force

What’s it called?

This was the supply line from the north to the south

Ho Chi Minh trail

What was it called?

This was the North Vietnamese attack of over 100 cities and 12 military

bases

Tet Offensive

Chicken or Egg?

Who came first: Johnson or Nixon?

Johnson

Follow the Leader

“Vietnam was the cornerstone of the Free World in Southeast Asia.”

John F. Kennedy

Chicken or Egg?

Who came first: Truman or Eisenhower?

Truman

What’s the term?

The forced relocation of South Vietnamese peasants to prevent NLF

influence

Strategic Hamlet Program

What’s the term?

This was William Westmoreland’s term for the number of dead Vietcong

Body Count

Question

Our side or their side?

Ho Chi Minh

Their side

Follow the Leader

“I worked to negotiate a truce with North Vietnam under the Nixon administration.”

Henry Kissinger

Need a date?

Why does this date matter: March 5, 1965?

First combat troops deployed to Vietnam

What was that called?

Daniel Ellsberg published this in 1971, which exposed that the government

was deliberately misleading the American public: The ___________

Papers

Pentagon

Follow the Leader

“I widened the war by bombing Cambodia.”

Richard Nixon

What was that called?

This was the name of the killings led by Lt. William Calley, which women,

children, and old men were the victims

My Lai Massacre

What was that called?

This was the CIA-sponsored operative which killed over 20,000 Vietnamese, including suspected recruiters for the

NLF

Operation Phoenix

Need a date?

What happened on January 27, 1973?

A cease fire occurred

Need a date?

What happened on August 4, 1964?

The 2nd alleged attack on the USS Maddox