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Agent Orange was a chemical mixture used by the United States during the Vietnam War to eliminate North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces, it was deployed with Operation Ranch. The mixture is classified as a pesticide and after 19 million gallons, 4.5 million acres of plant life was killed during the duration of the war. Today, after the war many Vietnamese and American veterans of the war suffer from long term effects from being exposed to the chemicals.

The B-52 is a jet manufactured by Boeing and has been in service since February of 1955. The jet has 8 engines and weighs 390,000 pounds. It was the United State's first long range heavy bomber. During the Vietnam War B-52 bombers were deployed each with 340 kilogram bombs. The jet saw many minor modifications done to it during the war such as the ability to “carpet” bomb. This allowed the jet to drop many bombs at once. In total there are 31 recorded loses of B-52 bombers during the Vietnam War.

communism is designed to be a classless, moneyless, and equal system of government. During the 20th century the Soviet Union encouraged the spread of the form of government while the United States encouraged Democracy. The United States felt that the spread of Communism was a direct threat to Democracy. As a result the United States put in place a policy of containment which stated the United States would deliberately attempt to stop the spread of Communism. During the 1950s when France was losing its grasp on its colonies in Indochina the Northern Vietnamese saw this as a time to strike. Their leader, Ho-Chi-Minh was a communist, which meant that if Vietnam was controlled by his forces it would become a communist state. Ultimately the United States pulled out of the war and the North Vi...

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...ians which consisted of men, women, children, babies, and elderly. This event attracted mass conspiracy and disapproving feelings from the American citizens. This led to escalated hatred towards the war from American citizens.

North Vietnam was the northern half of Vietnam after the Geneva Accords of 1954 designated that the split in Vietnam would be at the 17th parallel. North Vietnam was officially known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The country's government followed a Communist system and was thus supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. When North Vietnam and supporting forces invaded South Vietnam the Vietnam War (as known to the Americans) was commenced. The Americans supported the South Vietnamese but eventually pulled their forces out resulting in North Vietnam being victorious and reunifying Vietnam under Communist rule.