The Battle of Firebase Ripcord was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, and the last wide-ranging encounter between the US and the North Vietnamese Army before the war ended. Even though American involvement in the Vietnam War was generally supported by the public at first, opposition eventually emerged as President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964, dramatically increasing the presence of US soldiers in the area. Unrest hit a high point after the Battl