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What was the Tet Offensive?

What was the Gulf of Tonkin?

PROTESTS

Vocabulary Protests Draft

Vocabulary Protest - making a strong public

expression of disagreement and disapproval

Draft – Military procedure that chooses men to join

After years of fighting, people began protesting the war

Young men were drafted to fight but refused to go.

Over 58,000 American soldiers were killed in the years of fighting.

Officially, the war lasted from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975

Protests started in the early 1960s

POWs Held captive for 5 and a half years

Country Year of Death Number Killed

USA[35]

1956–1964 4011965 1,8631966 6,1431967 11,1531968 16,5921969 11,616

1956–1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 19690

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Deaths

Deaths

Enlistment Number Killed

Volunteer 40,484

Draftees 17,725

Volunteer Draftees0

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Number Killed

Number Killed

Race and Ethnicity Number Killed

White 47,041

Black 7,241

Hispanics 3,070

Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians 229

Native Americans 226

More than one Race or Unknown 204

Asians 139