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1. What U.S. Army unit made
the only mass U.S. combat
jump of the Vietnam War on
22 Feb 1967?

2. Approximately what
percentage of men sent to
Vietnam were from lower
middle/working class
backgrounds?

3. What percentage of Vietnam
Vets had a high school
education or better when
entering military service?


4. Which region of the USA had
the highest percentage of
combat deaths per 100,000
population?

5. What percentage of Vietnam
Veterans received Honorable
Discharges?

6. President Johnson had
already appointed General
William C. Westmoreland to
succeed General Harkins as
Commander of MACV in June
1964. Under Westmoreland, the
expansion of American troop
strength in South Vietnam took
place. American forces rose
from 16,000 during 1964, by
1969, what was the estimated
U.S. troop level in
South Vietnam?

7. What country ranked number
2 in troops in South Vietnam


8. On February 14, 1965, who
became prime minister of South
Vietnam in a military junta?


9. On 8 March 1965, 3,500
United States Marines came
ashore at as the first wave of
U.S. combat troops into South
Vietnam, adding to the 25,000
U.S. military advisers already
in place. Where did they land?


10. On May 5, 1965 what was
the first U.S. Army ground
unit committed to the conflict
in South Vietnam?

11. True or False, on August
18, Operation Starlite began
as the first major U.S. ground
operation, destroying an
National Liberation Front
(NFL) stronghold in Qu?ng Ngãi
Province. The NLF learned from
their defeat and subsequently
tried to avoid fighting an
American-style ground war by
reverting to small-unit
guerrilla operations.

12. True or False, the North
Vietnamese, Peoples Army of
Vietnam (PAVN) had already
sent units of their regular
army into South Vietnam
beginning in late 1964.

13. In November, 1965, PAVN
units and U.S. forces meet.
What was the battle?

14. Between December 28, 1964
– January 1, 1965, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
forces suffered heavy losses.
What was the battle?

15. Escalation of the Vietnam
War officially started when
orders were cut and issued to
mobilize the 18th TAC Fighter
Squadron from Okinawa to Da
Nang Air Force Base (AFB).
What was the date?

16. True or False, the ARVN
was again defeated in June, at
the Battle of Dong Xoai.

17. Who said, "I am convinced
that U.S. troops with their
energy, mobility, and
firepower can successfully
take the fight to the NLF
[National Front for the
Liberation of South Vietnam?"


18. During the Vietnam War, it
is widely held that the
average U.S. serviceman was
19. Vietnam Helicopter Flight
Crew believe their crews had
an average age of 22. However,
was is the average age of
troops in World War II?

19. True or False, the average
age of the US Military men who
died in Vietnam was 22.8
years old.

20. The one-year tour of duty
deprived units of experienced
leadership. As one observer
noted "we were not in Vietnam
for 10 years, but for one year
10 times." As a result,
training programs were
shortened. What were some Non
Commissioned Officers (NCOs)
referred to as due to their
accelerated training.