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Higher Involvement of Military In South Vietnam

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  • Johnson Became President

    Johnson Became President

    President Kennedy got assassinated. Then Lyndon B. Johnson became president.
  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin

    Two torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox. No one knew if it was the North Vietnamese or not.
  • Search and Destroy Missions

    Search and Destroy Missions

    American troops would close in on spots that were controlled by the enemy. The based their success on how many people they killed.
  • Operation Flaming Dart

    Operation Flaming Dart

    The White House authorized a series of targeted bombings. They targeted the North because of the Vietcong attacks.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    This was more intense aerial bombing. This lasted three more years
  • U.S. Marines landing

    U.S. Marines landing

    About 3,500 Marines landed at China Beach near Da Nang
  • Operation Starlite

    Operation Starlite

    5,000 American soldiers destroyed Vietcong which was around 2,000 people. This was near Chu Lai
  • Operation Crimp

    Operation Crimp

    The mission was to locate the Vietcong headquarters. The Americans and Australians killed many dozen people.
  • Operation Attleboro

    Operation Attleboro

    American troops killed over 2,000 people of the Vietcong. This was a major section of South Vietnam
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    American soldiers were killing Vietnamese villagers. This happened in Quang Ngai