“We are there because we have a promise to keep. Since 1954 every American President has offered support to the people of South Vietnam. We have helped …show more content…
The strategic bombing was in short bursts of multiple bombs being dropped within a singular region. America found this to be of assistance towards the South, and to help destroy the North but little did they know, it wouldn’t be of much assistance. The first aerial was commenced on March 2, 1965; America’s goal was to increase the pressure on the North Vietnamese leadership, and to negotiate for a peaceful settlement between North and South Vietnam. After the first strike, the bombings continued over a course over several months; in hope that the communist government of North Vietnam would surrender or sign a peace treaty with South Vietnam. For the first month of the bombing the main targets of the bombings were locations below the 19th parallel. This was the strategy to try and convince the North to give into the demands, without causing too much damage to their