United+States+War+Tactics

__Operations:__
In operation ROLLING THUNDER, 50 USAF planes bombed Donghai. This was a major NVN air base 50 miles north of a demilitarized zone. Later, Johnson ordered the beginning of operation ROLLING THUNDER, which was a sustained air campaign against the North. To put it simply, this was a major bombing attack. It began in March. This also effectively discharged many guerrilla bands and band members. Ngo Dinh Diem, the president of South Vietnam, was losing power in 1962 and 1963. He was also making himself and the United States look bad. This was because of the "Strategic Hamlet Program". What this did is Buddhist monks would protest by setting themselves on fire meditating while doing so. So Kennedy authorized the CIA and the GVN to overthrow Diem. They were not supposed to kill Diem but in the end the killed Diem and his brother Nhu. This results in the United States looking bad and, people don't know what to think of the war anymore. This also increased communist support for Vietnam and, this could also be the reason for the Kennedy being assassinated November 22, 1963.

__Planes of War:__
The USAF used transportation planes to kill vegetation such as trees, plants, bushes, etc. They did this so they could entirely expose the Viet Cong. The most effective strike was the wood burnings at Boil Loi. One of the first planes sent to South Vietnam was the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, which was a tactical plane. It was a high performance plane made to evade enemy defense systems and for reconnaissance missions. Another tactical plane was the Martin B-57 Canberra, which could have flown just about any kind of mission.

__Specially Trained Personnel:__
Normal war tactics wouldn't win the war for the United States so the US specially trained many people in small groups. Then those small groups went to South Vietman. They then went far behind the North Vietnam border line and gathered intelligence.