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Communists led by Mao Zedong take power in China
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U.S. becomes involved
President Eisenhower sends military advisers to train and arm South Vietnamese Army in its fight against the Communists. -
Eisenhower proposes the "domino theory"
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John F. Kennedy takes office
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President Kennedy is assassinated
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Two North Vietnamese gun boats attack an American destroyer
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Full-scale military intervention begins
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20,000 people protest against the war in Washington
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Johnson's national security advisor says "I see the light at the end of the tunnel."
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North Vietnam launches a series of attacks, shaking America's confidence
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President Nixon succeeds Johnson
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Nixon and Kissinger begin withdrawing U.S. troops, "vietnamization"
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U.S. forces decrease to 220,000
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A media advisor named Marshall McLuhan writes "Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America, not on the battlefields of Vietnam."
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Evacuation of Saigon