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National Liberation Front
Political group operating in South Vietnam
Wanted to overthrow the south government
NLF
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Military Branch of NLF
Relied on Ho Chi Minh Trail
Consisted of a regular army and a guerilla army
Vietcong
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Where are they fighting?
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Supply route for the Viet Cong
Brought supplies from the North to the South
Ran through Laos and Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Bicycles on the trail
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A new type of warfare
U.S. would spot Vietnamese forces from air
Would then drop soldiers into area with helicopters
Air Cavalry
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Command of People’s Army and Viet Cong
Task is to draw the air cavalry into battle
Learn how they fight
General Chu Huy Man
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Attacked by North Vietnamese soldiers
Causes the US to send in the air cavalry to locate and destroy the Vietnamese
Plei Mai Special Forces Camp
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Battle of La Drang Valley
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American Commander at La Drang
Colonel Hal Moore
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Aka Battle of Ho Bo Woods
Objective was to destroy the underground Vietcong headquarters
Operation Crimp – Jan. 1966
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120 miles of tunnels
They led to the underground headquarters of the Viet Cong
Underground tunnels
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Troops were flown to Cu Chi
Engineers mapped and laid out the tunnels
The task was then to destroy the tunnels
Crimp
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American soldiers
Tasked with going into the tunnels
Armed with a pistol and a flashlight
Tunnel Rats
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Punjabi Stakes
Booby Traps of course
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Cleared and destroyed miles of tunnels
Captured documents and intelligence reports
Americans claimed it as a military victory
Outcome of Crimp