A coniferous forest contains evergreen trees that bear cones. Elegant pines grow in this biome, along with spruce, fir, and tamarack. In much of the northern forest, the conifers mingle with deciduous trees, particularly aspen, birch, sugar maple, and basswood.
The United States entered the Vietnam war to prevent the spread of communism. China was already a communist country, and the United States believed that China would spread it to other Asian countries if it did not intervene. Continue Reading.
When the first big American fighting units began arriving in South Vietnam in 1965, there was a standard explanation for the United States presence. We've come here to stop the spread of Communism, the soldiers would say without hesitation.