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Baby Boom
Baby boom started from 1940's to 1950's, Americans households grew larger. GI Bill encouraged families. -
Free Election Support
Free election support promised by the United States to reunify this land -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war began. The countries involved were a total of 21 countries, the United States being one of them. -
First combat mission
American first combat mission in helicopter against Viacong in North Vietnam -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
John F. Kennedy assassinated -
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin incident was when 2 United States ships were fired from North Vietnam. This rose a major military conflict and increased United States military. -
Atomic Bomb
Atomic Bomb is tested by China. China was one of the countries involved also in the Vietnam War -
LBJ & Vietnam War
President Lyndon B Johnson send 60,000 troops to vietnam -
War status
At the end of this year there were about 6,000 American killed and 30,000 wounded. On the other side 61,000 Vietnam men were killed, there was about 280,000 Vietnam men and 385,000 American men -
Vietcong
North vietnam joins forces to with the Viet Cong a communist community and attacks south Vietnam. -
War in Vietnam
War in Vietnam reaches 540,000 US troops. -
Combat deaths
US deaths exceed more than 33,629 men -
President Nixon
President Nixon withdraws the first American Troops from Vietnam. -
War concluded
After war had concluded, troops were returning home. On March 1973, the last troop returned home.
