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Period: to
vienam war history
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start of Korean war
North Korea invaded south Korea starting the Korean war -
no opening shot
vietnam did fire the opening shot us the us gradually got inloved -
JFK becomes president
he saw Vietnam as place for America to prove their anti communist resolve -
numbers of americans rising in Vietnam
it rad risen from 700 to 16,000 military advisors -
law passed
president can now have control of going to war -
full scale military intervention
by the end of the year more than 200,000 us troops were in Vietnam -
mass demonstration
20,000 people in washington took place in a mass demonstration -
johnson extricates the us from vietnam
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numbers falling
by the end of 1970 there were only 220,000 still in vietnam -
the paris oeace accords
called for fighting and all troops to be withdrawn -
wars cost
at least 3 million people were killed -
vietnam favortiving americans
25% of the population is younger than 15 and were born in the booming cities had a favorable impressions of americans and are familiar with american tv -
hung ba le
now 39 his is returning for the first time to the country he had fled with his parents in 1975 -
bill clintion
lifted the us trade embargo