We Were Soldiers

What did the NVA use to try to defeat the American soldiers

• Tunnels & Caves

• Machine guns

• Booby Traps

• All of them were used

Why were the journalists flown into the battlefield after it was over?

• They wanted to report on the atrocities of war

• The government wanted an official record of the battle.

• The government wanted them to tell about the success of the army to the American public

• They wanted to tell the stories of the soldiers

What event provided the reason for the US to go to Vietnam?

• Diem's assassination

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Vietnamese Declaration of War

• Vietnamese Declaration of Independence

What disadvantage did the US have in fighting in Vietnam?

• Didn't know the land

• Relied on helicopters for transportation

• Used bombers for aerial support

• Had radios for communication

What does LZ stand for?

• Lazy Zombie

• Landing Zero

• Landing Zone

• Lazy Zone

Ho Chi Minh was the leader of what group of communists in Vietnam?

• Viet Cong

• Viet Minh & Viet Cong

• South Vietnam Liberation Front

• Viet Minh

What would happen after the battles with the North Vietnamese?

• We would send in more troops to hold onto the ground

• We would retreat before the battle really over.

• We would leave the battlefield & the Vietnamese would return

• We would send in bombers to finish off the Vietnamese

What military advantage did the Vietnamese have?

• Knew the territory

• Had 20 years experience fighting this type of war

• Used Guerilla warfare tactics

• All of the above

Which country was fighting the Vietnamese before the US became involved.

• Soviets

• French

• Indian

• British

What was the one promise Colonel Moore made to his troops?

• He would protect all of them

• He would be the last off the helicopter & first to leave

• He would bring all of them home

• That there were going to win