Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental faÃ§ade. (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.
Why Did the US Enter the Vietnam War: the capitalist south Vietnamese were losing the fight against the communist north Vietnamese and Americans feared the communists would take over.
In contrast to the air attacks on North Vietnam, the U.S.-South Vietnamese war effort in the south was fought on the ground, largely under the command of General Westmoreland, in coordination with the government of General Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon.