p8_McCartney_vetsday

By SAMMCC

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam war started because the U.S. was trying to stop the spread of communism

  • U.S. Military exposes roads

    U.S. Military exposes roads
    The U.S milirary planted orange containers to expose roads and trails used by Vietcong forces.

  • Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder
    Sustained American bombing raids of North Vietnam. The nearly continuous air raids would go on for 3 years.

  • Cease-Fire agreement

    Cease-Fire agreement
    A cease-fire agreement that, in the words of Richard Nixon, "brings peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia,"

  • Ending of the War

    Ending of the War
    The Vietnam war ended

  • Last Americans evacuate

    Last Americans evacuate
    South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh delivers an unconditional surrender to the Communists in the early hours of April 30. North Vietnamese Colonel Bui Tin accepts the surrender. As the few remaining Americans evacuate Saigon, the last two US servicemen to die in Vietnam are killed when their helicopter crashes.