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4.What happened in days before the ranking officer of the government, all persons
Fall of Saigon? who worked closely with the US military/ US
Days before the Fall of Saigon, the real government were put in the re-education camp
forces of the North Vietnam (named as the to endure cruel policies for a long time (years)
Vietnamese People’s Armed Forces by the with mental terrorization, physical torment,
North Vietnam) with their own uniforms, with hunger suffering, and hard labor. Many
new amunition, weapons, mortars, cannons, prisoners died due to starvation and illness.
th
tanks …crossed the 17 latitude, then joined There was little food and medicine because the
the regional forces (Viet Cong) built by them communsts have no heart.
long time ago to attack the South Vietnamese
Armed Forces. At that same time, the US 8.What is My Lai Massacre?
government decided to stop all support On March 16, 1968, American soldiers
financially and materially (even including had to bombard a village because a group of
amuunition, weapons, gasoline, foods). The Viet Cong attacked them and then occupied
last struck on Saigon on April 30, 1975 resulted the village, scattered in the family homes (a
as the surrender of the South Vietnamese kind of using the village people as a shield to
government. The Capital City Saigon was then protect their troops). Because of the situation
renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The movement was from that civilians and ennemies were mixed
led by the North Vietnam General Van Tien up, casualties of people, including old men,
Dung. women, and children are so much, then the
Viet Cong made a propaganda that the
5. Who were the important persons in American soldiers massacred the innocent
charge? village people.
The main persons in charge were Ho Chi
Minh, Phạm Văn Đồng, Lê Duẩn, Lê Đức Thọ, 9.What happened to the South
Võ Nguyên Giáp. Vietnamese Armed Forces Officers and their
families after the War?
6. What was the aftermath of the While thousands of officers were killed,
Vietnam War? the survivors were put in prisons known as re-
After the end of the Vietnam War, education camps, wounded/disable soldiers
almost all the Vietnamese found ways to had no care and services, their families were
escape the country. They left on boats, some separated without husbands and became
on foot, and referred to as boat people. homeless because much of their property was
Thousands of people were killed in the sea and taken away from them.
forests. Many took revenge, retalation if left
behind. 10.Who got to come to the United
States when the war ended? Why?
7.What is re-education camp? In 1989, the United States Congress
Re-education is a kind of prison in voted for a special humanitarian program
Vietnam, as a form of prison camp in known as the Humanitarian Operation (HO
communist regime to humiliate, to torment the Program). This program allowed Vietnamese
anti-communists, or the persons who prisoners of war that had been held in the re-
served/cooperaed with the ennemies of education/concentration camps for three years
communist regime. Therefore, all officers of or more to apply to immigrate to the United
the South Viet Nam Armed Forces, all high
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