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Vietnam: What Have We Learned?

POLITICS

25.) How many people died at My Lai?

26.) Why did the U.S. bomb North Vietnamese dikes in 1972?

NOTABLE QUOTES

27.)Who said in October 1963 that "the major part of the U.S. military task [in Vietnam] can be completed by the end of 1965"?

28.) Who said, in 1964, that "Your boys will not go to Vietnam"?

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29.) How did the Vietnamese assess the U.S. military's technical superiority?

30.) After reducing half of the city of Ben Tre to rubble in the counterattack to the Tet Offensive, what did one American officer say to an AP reporter?

31.) What is the significance of the following poem?

Liberation fighter, spring in Vietnam is ineffably beautiful

Tet is unbelievably epic

Apricot blossoms vie with each other to cheer your feats

Swallows take wing, telling our countrymen north and south of your deeds

Liberation fighter, let off your gun this spring instead of the usual firecrackers

And ornament Vietnam's spring with everlasting beauty.

32.) Who said, "What have I done to Nixon? My daughter died right here... She was so sweet... I'll give you my daughter's beautiful shirt. Take it back to the United States. Tell them what happened here... She will never wear the shirt again... It hurts so much..."?

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