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1959 Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sargeant Chester M. Ovnand become the first Americans to die in the Vietnam War during the guerilla strike at Bienhoa
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1960 Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front for South Vietnam)
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1961 Vice President Johnson Tours Saigon
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1962 Operation Chopper: America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.Operation Ranchhand: Objective to clear vegetation making it difficult for the Vietcong to ambush. US Military then Employs Agent Orange to expose roads and trails used by Vietc
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vietnam war
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1963 Battle of Ap Bac where the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnamese ArmyPresident Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon B Johnson takes over the Presidency
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General Nguyen Khanh Seizes Power in Saigon3 North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox named the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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1965 Over 200,000 US troops are sent to VietnamFebruary: Bombing raids on North Vietnam commence referred to as 'Operation Rolling Thunder'. The air raids continue for three years9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrive in VietnamBattle of Ia Drang Valley
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1966 B-52s Bomb North VietnamPresident Johnson meets with South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and his military advisors in HonoluluAmerican protests against the US policy in Vietnam continue and students are joined by veterans in Anti-War Rallies
