The Vietnam War Memories

West Virginia U.S History

CSO`s
SS.O.11.5.4: analyze and explain the political, social and economic causes and consequences of
American involvement in these major conflicts
and challenges of the 20th and 21st Century:
-World War I
-Great Depression
-World War II
-Cold War
-Korean Conflict
*Vietnam
-Operation Desert Storm/ Gulf War
-Operation Enduring Freedom /Afghanistan military crisis
-Operation Iraqi Freedom /War in Iraq

SS.O.11.5.12: research the origins and rise of Communism, connect its implications to the nuclear age
and *Cold War, and then describe its current status worldwide, including the breakup of the Soviet
Union.

am studying political, social, and economic causes and consequences about the Vietnam War.
 WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia death rate during The Vietnam War is 731 people .
 Maryland

Maryland`s death rate during The

Vietnam War is 1 , 014
 Virginia

Virginia`s death rate during The Vietnam War is 1,304

 Pennsylvania
death rate for Pennsylvania during The Vietnam War is 3 , 141
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second
Indochina
War, was a Cold War military conflict that occurred

in
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from September 26,

1959 to
April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the


Vietnam
Laos
 Cambodia

The Cambodian – Vietnamese War was a series of conflicts between the two
countries, culminating in the establishment of the Kampuchean United Front
For Salvation and the subsequent invasion led by the Vietnam People`s Army ,
which resulted in the removal of the Khmer Rouge regime from power and the
establishment of the People`s Republic of Kampuchea. Despite the ensuing
occupation of Cambodia , this war ended the Cambodian genocide from 1975-1979
under the rule of Pol Pot.
265,000 women served in The Vietnam War .

The Vietnam Women`s Memorial is located in Washington

D .C .

Women Who served in The Vietnam War

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Who designed The Vietnam Memorial ? e.cfm?hindex=96318&user_ID=

Maya Lin designed The Vietnam Memorial. At age 21, Maya Lin
won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veteran
Memorial beating out, 1,420 other competition submissions.

How many names does the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have on the
wall?
The wall had 58,261 names on the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial.
http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html

When was the wall completed and dedicated?

It was completed in late October 1982 and was dedicated on

November 13, 1982.

http://www.facesfromthewall.com/1972.html
Survives From The Vietnam
War
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