Vietnam+Section+4

media type="custom" key="7168031" Slide 2: The War


 * 1957-1975
 * Began when a US naval ship was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin
 * Vietnam split from being a French colony (1945) into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
 * US supported South Vietnam
 * North Vietnam was Communistic
 * The US entered the war in order to eliminate Communism
 * Vietnamese holiday of Tet (February 1968) Viet Cong rebels attacked 30 cities in the South
 * The US started to withdraw troops in 1967

Slide 3: People Against the War


 * people did not like that over 500,000 troops were on Vietnam at one time
 * the chance that a soldier would die or suffer a casualty was 1 in 10
 * a soldier served on average 240 days per year
 * in WWII soldiers served on average 40 days over 4 years
 * over 2.5 billion dollars was spent on the war; enough to fund urban development in every city in the US

Slide 4: Maya Lin

Slide 5: Maya Lin & Wall Slide 6: Wall Information Works Consulted > 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. > Manchu (Vietnam) Association, 2006. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. > 2010. > 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. > n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. > 2010. > 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2010.
 * Yale: Architecture & Sculpture
 * Built Vietnam Veterans Memorial
 * Athens, Ohio
 * Parents born in China & worked at Ohio University
 * Competed with 15,000 artists
 * Judged by panel of artists & architects
 * 21 years old
 * Controversial
 * Prepared by studying landscape & previous war memorials
 * Controversy over wall material (black granite)
 * 493 ft.
 * Highly respected & most visited
 * Emotional for families of Veterans
 * Made to be peaceful, not controversial
 * 219 names added after wall was finished
 * Wall honors men who died or remain missing
 * Finished in November of 1984
 * Suicides & illnesses not featured on wall
 * Peaceful and respectful
 * Funded by the Vietnam Veterans Fund
 * "Vietnam War." //Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia// . Encyclopedia Britannica,
 * "The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall-USA." //thewall-usa.com// . 4/9 Infantry
 * "Vietnam Veterans Memorial ." //World Architecture Images// . N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct.
 * "Vietnam Veterans Memorial." //The Washington Post// . N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2010.
 * "Vietnam War." //Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia// . Encyclopedia Britannica,
 * Sands, Kristal. "Maya Lin's Wall: A Tribute to Americans." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Jack Magazine// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p.,
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Women's History: Maya Lin." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Gale Cengage Learning// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p., 2003. Web. 30 Sept.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Vietnam War." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Encyclopaedia Britannica,
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Vietnam// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//History.com// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 30 Sept. 2010.