Who Was Who in the Vietnam War

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1. He was the last emperor/king of Vietnam? Nguyên Cao Ky Bao Dai Nguyên Van Thieu Ngo Dinh Diem

2. She said, following the suicide of a Buddhist monk, that she would "clap hands at seeing another monk barbeque show". Madam Nhu Madam Thieu Madam Ky Madam Minh

3. He was the commander of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam until 1968. Gen. Creighton Abrams Gen. Maxwell Taylor Gen. Mathew Ridgeway Gen. William Westmoreland

4. He was the main architect of North Vietnam's military operations? Vo Nguyên Giap Nguyên Cao Ky Nguyên Van Thieu Ngo Dinh Diem

5. When he was young, he was the Lt. Col. who led US troops in a bloody battle in the Ia Drang valley. Lew Walt Hal Moore U. S. Sharp William Simmons

6. He was the newsman who questioned, during the Tet Offensive, the eventual out come of the war. Mike Wallace Ed Bradley Harry Reasoner Walter Cronkite

7. He was the South Vietnamese general made famous, in a photo, by shooting a Viet Cong suspect. General Loan General Minh General Giap General Thieu

8. He was the last president of South Vietnam. Nguyên Van Thieu Vo Nguyên Giap Nguyên Cao Ky Duong Van Minh

9. He was the US Ambassador when Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge. John Dean Ellswoth Bunker Graham Martin William Colby

10. Before he became Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, his name was what? Ieng Sary Norodom Sihanouk Khieu Sampon Solath Sar

11. She had her picture taken on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. Who was it? Cher Jane Fonda Joan Baez Rachel Welch

12. He was an anti-war Senator from Minnesota who ran for president in 1968. Wendell Anderson Karl Rolvag Eugene McCarthy Paul Wellstone

13. He was a Lieutenant in C Company who was accused of leading the massacre of civilians in a hamlet of the village of Son My. Hugh Thompson, Jr. Dennis Conti Ernest Medina William Calley

14. He was CIA station chief in Saigon in the early 1960s. William Colby Richard Helms Robert McNamarra Aldrich Ames

15. He was Premier of North Vietnam (1955-75) and of the reunited Vietnam (1975-86). Who was it? Ho Chi Minh Pham Van Dong Ngo Dinh Diem Nuygen Cao Key

16. He was the Secretary of Defense under both Kennedy and Johnson. Robert McNamara Melvin Laird Dean Rusk William Rogers

17. He became President of Cambodia after launching a coup against Norodom Sihanouk. Lon Nol Ieng Sary Pol Pot Dith Pran

18. He was the President who ordered the 'Rolling Thunder' bombing campaign of North Vietnam Lyndon Johnson Gerald Ford John Kennedy Richard Nixon

19. He won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger for negotiating an end to the Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh Kong Le Ngo Dinh Diem Le Duc Tho

20. She was the girl running down a road with napalm burns. Le Ly Hayslip Kim Phuc Tran Le Xuan Nam Phuong