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In early 1968, the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive which was a massive escalation in the intensity of the Vietnam War.
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A Vietnamese offical shot a Viet Cong prisioner while being filmed.
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Highest amount of casualties recorded on this day. 543 Americans were killed the previous week.
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Walter Cronkite reports on the recent trip he took to Vietnam. He spoke of the athermath of the Tet Offensive.
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US troops rampage through the hamlet of My Lai and kill over 50 Vietnamese people including New-born babies and infants.
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The USSD, the United States Secretary of Defense call 24,500 military reserves to fight for a 2 year commitment.
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The US and North Vietnamese leaders agree to talk about peace later in the month.
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280,000 US troops in Vietnam; secret peace talks held in Paris. Large scale anti-war demonstrations throughout USA.
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140,000 US troops in Vietnam return home.
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Haiphong Harbour mined. 'Peace is at hand'. - Dr Kissinger
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Last troops leave Vietnam