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Emerge
An armed coalition of communists and insurgents emerge in South Vietnam -
U.S.
Kennedy declares U.S. advisers in Vietnam will defend themselves. -
Billions of Dollars wasted
Kennedy hears from Senate leader after Saigon trop to see outcome of U.S. aid -
U.S Gets Tough
New in office, President Johnson pushes for stiffer policies on Vietnam -
Coup In Saigon
South Vietnam military sets up third government in three months -
First Anti-Vietnam War Teach-In
Anti-war faculty members and the SDS publicize and protest U.S involvement in Vietnam. About 3,000 attend -
U.S. Goes on the Offensive
U.S. Troops in Vietnam gets permission to go on the offensive -
Martin Luther King Oppose War
Breaking with the President, Martin Luther King announces his opposition to the war -
U.S. Troops
U.S troops are on their way: 33,000 are stationed in Thailand 60,000 sail offshore -
Protesters March to U.N.
400,000 march o U.N. building and hear speech by Martin Luther King and Dr.Benjamin Spock