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prathith's avatar

1. South Vietnam

2. Laos?

3. John McCain is one of them

7. The My Lai massacre

8. The photo of the American helicopter leaving the embassy

9. Malaysia?

10. Henry Kissinger

11. Laos

13. Dominoes

15. Cambodia

16. China

17. Ho Chi Minh

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Joseph John's avatar

1) Think of a U.S. ally whose economic transformation began in the 1970s. Its top company is the largest foreign employer in Vietnam today.

2) Not Laos, it's Cambodia. The U.S. never declared war on Laos while carrying out a 'secret war'.

3) Correct on McCain. The other one is John Kerry

7) Correct

8) Yes, the photo of the helicopter leaving a CIA building in Saigon (I also thought until recently that it was the roof of the U.S. embassy)

9) Correct. Malaya at the time.

10) Correct

11) Correct

13) Correct

15) Correct

16) Correct

17) Correct

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prathith's avatar

Ah so 1. must be South Korea

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Joseph John's avatar

Yes it’s South Korea.

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Ollie Sayeed's avatar

2. North Vietnam?

3. John Kerry and John McCain

5. Hendrix?

6. A guess: the American War!

7. Use of chemical weapons?

8. Child running away from gas/napalm

9. Myanmar?

10. Henry Kissinger

11. Laos

12. Hmong/Hmoob

13. Dominos

14. The Khmer Rouge

15. Laos?

16. Cambodia?

17. Ho Chi Minh?

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Joseph John's avatar

2) It's Cambodia

3) Correct

5) It's Morrison

6) Correct. Well guessed!

8) The photo of the child running away from Napalm was taken by Nick Ut.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/50-napalm-girl-kim-phuc-ukraine-1.6484977

9) Not Myanmar, which was independent by 1948. A country that the British held on to during the 1950s.

10) Correct

11) Correct

12) Correct. I had not heard of the term 'Hmoob'. Thanks for adding that.

13) Correct

14) Correct

15) Cambodia

16) China

17) Correct.

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