Napalm- sticky flammable chemical that sticks to the skin and burns causing death and 3rd degree burns- 380,000 tonnes used between 1963-73., Agent Orange- chemical dropped from planes to clear jungle and forest but landed on farmland and villages too. 400,000 died and 500,000 babies born with deformities., Operation Rolling Thunder- over 300,000 missions with aircraft dropping bombs on N. Vietnam, initially on factories, resulting in 90,000 causalities., Strategic Hamlets- forced removal of villagers to US made ones- led to hatred from Vietnamese people., Tunnel Rats- US soldiers would go into the tunnels and try to kill Vietcong. 12,000 Vietcong captured but dangerous with lost of booby traps.

Problems for US Soldiers

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