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