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dien bien phu
mountin top in north west vietnam,vietnam defeat french -
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vietnam war
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Creation of the Ho Chi Minh trail
Construction begins on a network of roads for the Vietcong and the NVA to use against the Americans and the French -
U.S. Gets involved
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President and increases US involvement -
Ranch Hand
US begins spraying vegitaion in Vietnam with Agent Orange to kill off life, making it harder to get ambushed in the thick jungle -
Gulf of Tonkin Attack
DRV lanuches attack on two American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
LBJ gets okay from congress for broad war powers -
Rolling Thunder Begins
Bombing missions that lasted four years over Vietnam -
US offers peace for economic aid proposal
The US offers peace for economic aid proposal to North Vietanam but the vietnam reject it -
60,000 troops to Vietnam
LBJ commits 60,000 troops to Vietnam along with Austrailian and korean forces -
Operation Junction City
247 helicopters fly over Tay Ninh Province, the largest air assault in history -
Khe Sanh attacked
18 marines are killed and 40 wounded by Vietcong -
Tet Offensive
DRV launches attacks against major southern cities to make Lbj mad and on the bargaining table -
Nixon Takes Office
Nixon takes office -
Operation Menu
Bombing of North Vietnamese and Vietcong -
All But 133,000 US troops have been sent home
wo thirds of the US army stationed in Vietnam have been sent home in two years with133,000 troops still in vietnam -
Talks Break Down
Peace talks between the US and North Vietman break down in Paris -
Cease fire signed
warring parties sign -
Ford takes office
Gerald Rudolph Ford takes the presedentcie -
Presedent Resigns
Nixon resigns leaving South Vietnam without its strongest advocate -
Last Casualties for the US
4:03 am, two US marines are killed at Saigon's Tan Son Nuht airport, at dawn the last marines lift off