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American Advisors Arrive in French Indo China
Due to Ho Chi Minhs activities in the North, America sends advisors to help assist the French with their colony -
French are defeated
At Dien Bien Phu, the French are defeated by the Viet Ninh in stunning fashion. The French withdraw leaving the Americans to support the southern part of Indo China. -
America commits to supporting South Vietnam
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America Withdraws from the Embassy in Saigon
America will have no presence in Vietnam until the late 1990s