There was constant tension between the native white fisherman and the newly arrived Vietnamese fisherman. Ku Klux Klan Attacks on Vietnamese Refugees: Vietnamese refugees who settled in the town of Seadrift, Texas after the fall of Saigon in 1975 encountered racial prejudice and discrimination by white residents. This led to heightened offenses by North Vietnam troops and the eventual collapse of South Vietnam and Fall of Saigon in 1975. Due to the unpopularity of the war in the American public, in 1969 President Nixon implemented the “Vietnamization” strategy of shifting all military responsibility to South Vietnam and of slowly phasing in the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, claiming that South Vietnam was capable of holding out their own defense against the North. Guerrilla warfare, air raids, and bombings all over the country by US forces during the war destroyed the country’s infrastructure.
The US sent hundreds of thousands of troops to South Vietnam in an effort to fight off communism. Through the leadership of Communist leader Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Cong of the Communist North engaged in guerrilla warfare against the South. The war between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the US: Vietnam was divided between the Communist North and anti-Communist South after the defeat of French colonialism forces. View Collage by Wikipedia User Nguyen1310 First Row from Left to Right: US troops fighting in 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, UH-1 Huey infantry dispatch ARVN Rangers defending Saigon in 1968 Battle of Saigon 2nd Row, L to R: Burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre, Two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks en route for strikes against North Vietnamese PT-boat bases in August 1964, as result of the Tonkin Gulf Incident Last Row, L to R: Quang Tri residents fleeing 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during the Easter Offensive, ARVN recapture Quang Tri after 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during Easter Offensive larger Collage by Wikipedia User Nguyen1310 First Row from Left to Right: US troops fighting in 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, UH-1 Huey infantry dispatch ARVN Rangers defending Saigon in 1968 Battle of Saigon 2nd Row, L to R: Burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre, Two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks en route for strikes against North Vietnamese PT-boat bases in August 1964, as result of the Tonkin Gulf Incident Last Row, L to R: Quang Tri residents fleeing 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during the Easter Offensive, ARVN recapture Quang Tri after 1972 Battle of Quang Tri during Easter Offensive
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