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Ho Chi Minh declared independence by quoting the Declaration of Independence.
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French fires on the port city of Haiphong, killing some 6,000 Vietnamese civilians.
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The US involvement cost them lives and money as to be expected
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France and Viet Minh sign the Geneva Accords to stop the fighting between them
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Ends the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and shatters french morale
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Noncombat troops were attacked at their camp. Which caused many of them to die.
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Kennedy became president of the United States
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Some monks protest by publicly setting themselves on fire
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Johnson approves the attack on North Vietnam and South Vietnamese speedboats carry them out
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The US take the defensive and defend their base from Viet Cong troops who were closing in
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US Troops are sent by Lyndon B Johnson to Vietnam in vast numbers to fight
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LBJ responds by an attack on a U.S. air base by ordering barrack bombings and military staging areas
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The marines landed on at a beach near Da Nang, were welcomed warmly and were put in place to defend that base.
