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President Truman supports French government in Vietnam
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President Truman sends first military advisers to Vietnam
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North Vietnamese prevail at Dien Bien Phu
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Geneva Conference splits Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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French Troops withdraw
Last of French troops withdraw from Vietnam and National unification elections do not occur
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JFK initiates Operation Farm Gate and sends Green Berets to Vietnam
I only know the year. January 1st is not the correct date but the year is correct. -
South Vietnamese President, Ngo Dinh Diem, is assassinated
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Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas
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William Westmoreland put in control of U.S. military forces
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
High government officials distorted facts and deceived the American public about events that led to full U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder airstrikes
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) aerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War. -
First woman dead in Vietnam
First woman, 2nd Lt. Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, was killed in Vietnam -
Widespread Protest
Widespread American protest of the Vietnam War. Started in 1966 and ended in 1968. -
Protest and Phoenix Program
1968 — Tet offensive touches off widespread protests in the United States
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Kent State tragedy
On May 4, l970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. -
U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam
1971 through 1973
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South Vietnamese President Thieu resigns
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Helicopter evacuations from the U.S. embassy in Saigon
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North and South Vietnam unified under communist rule
