Vietnam+War

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 * [|World Book Online]** (through **[|DelAWARE]** from home - needs library card and pin number). Type in "Vietnam War" and see a number of articles on the war and related topics, including pictures and maps. This is the online version of the well-known World Book Encyclopedia. The articles are dated, the authors names are listed and they list their sources. **Good for Vietnam's Country and Economy.**


 * [|Britannica Online]** (through **[|DelAWARE]** from home.) Type in "Vietnam War" and see articles from a range of encyclopedias, magazine articles and multimedia including video clips. This is the online version of the well-known Britannica Encyclopedia. The articles are dated, the authors names are listed and they list their sources. Another useful feature is the Web's Best Sites - once you have looked at the encyclopedia articles, you can go to selected web sites listed by the Britannica experts. **Good for Vietnam's Country and Economy.**


 * [|Student Resource Center]** (If accessing through **[|DelAWARE]**, locate under Gale Database Suite). The results give you a choice of articles from reference books, magazine articles, news items, primary sources and multimedia. There is a color code for different reading levels. It has a print version, articles are dated, the authors names are listed and they list their sources. **Especially good for Vietnam's Foods and Culture.**


 * [|American Experience: Vietnam Online]** Timeline, biographies and primary sources (first-hand written or spoken accounts). This professionally designed site is hosted by the Public Broadcasting Service and the content was used in a television series. **Click on In the Trenches - Weapons of War, to find information about American Soldiers and Vietcong Soldiers and Air and Water Weapons.** **See the Who's Who section for Vietnam and America's leaders during the conflict.**


 * [|Battlefield Vietnam]** Another excellent site, focusing on military tactics and weapons. It includes an interactive video account of the Siege of Khe Sanh with maps and stories. The site is hosted by PBS, based on a television series and contributors are named. **See Guerrilla Tactics for information about the Vietcong Soldiers.** **See Air War for Air Weapons.**


 * [|Blurry Travel: The Demilitarised Zone]** This is a travel site and includes **good information about the DMZ.** The authors are named and give accounts pf their trips to many historical and cultural sites.


 * [|Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace]** Also based on a PBS series, this site provides access to six stories about people of who were involved in the Vietnam War and includes their first-hand accounts.


 * [|The Vietnam Center and Archive]** This site is designed and hosted by Texas Tech University, for educational purposes. You can search their Virtual Vietnam Archive of scanned original documents, photographs, slides, negatives, oral histories, artifacts, moving images, sound recordings and maps.


 * [|Vets With A Mission]** History and photographs of the Vietnam War. This well-designed site was created by a non-profit group of veterans of the war to educate people about the war, but also to explain their current mission of improving the lives of the people of Vietnam.


 * [|Digital History: Learn About the Vietnam War]** This site is the result of a collaboration between The University of Houston, the Chicago Historical Society, the National Park Society and others. There is a brief history, but the main purpose is as an educational guide to other resources on the web - links to documents, images, maps, fact sheets, time lines, books and other web sites.


 * [|Vietnam Portfolio]** A collection of photographs taken by E. Kenneth Hoffman who was an official U.S. military photographer and late was in charge of a news team for the military. His purpose is to show the Vietnamese people and the effect the war had on their lives. The site is hosted by Seton Hall University, NJ.


 * [|War Letters: Rochester Writes Home]** This professionally designed site is hosted by WXII, Rochester Public Broadcasting Service. You can read actual letters which soldiers sent home from the war.


 * [|Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall]** Site hosted by the National Park Service**.** It explains the purpose of the wall, and how the names are organized, and provides a link to The **[|Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund]** web page where you can search the actual names on the Virtual Wall. "The Virtual Wall features more than 100,000 messages, anecdotes and photographs and provides visitors with the ability to print digital name rubbings similar to those at The Wall in Washington, D.C."


 * [|The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall USA]** Another site with information about the memorial and the men and women listed there, searchable by name. This site "is a non-profit endeavor maintained by veterans of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment for the benefit of all."


 * Vietnam Military and Political Leaders** http://library.thinkquest.org/10927/leadv.htm This is an educational website the authors are named and they got their information from The Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marines. Kaitlyn Mongelli


 * KIN- Vietnam** http://www.immigrantinfo.org/kin/vietnam.htm This site is by IRIS and it is designed to educate California residents about different cultures. It tells you many different topics about the Vietnam culture. Maria Tsugranes


 * Battle of Hue** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_hue The people at Wikipedia try to make sure the information on their site is as reliable as possible. They ask contributors to cite their sources and there is a long list of references on this article. The article has a lot of useful information on the battle. Ryan Boyle


 * Vietnam War Weapons** http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html this is one of the best sites for those who need land weapons. this even has some air weapons in here to so take a look. Stephen Odom 10-30-07


 * The Vietcong** [|http://www.vietnampix.com/popvc.htm]This site is a website that informs you about the Vietcong Soldiers and about the history and lifestyle of them. The site author has done a lot of research on the Vietnam War and written papers while he was studying at Boston and Tulane Universities. by Devon Ennis


 * United States Capitol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol** this website helps with getting to know Americas capitol, it provides our capitols history and a lot of intersting facts such as its location, how much space it takes up and facts about our previous capitols. October 30, 2007 Kaitlyn Mongelli

I think that this is a good website because Wikipedia has lots of extensive and useful information. This page covers all three sub topics-religion, holidays, and clothing. Allie Bowman
 * Culture of Vietnam** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Vietnam

Try also [|Student Resources in Context] (on your Internet Explorer homepage) for lots of cultural information- search for **Vietnamese**.