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french cease-fire in vietnam
french leves vietnam and splits it in to nroth and south vietnam by the 17th parallel. -
Ngo Dinh Diem is elected president of south vietnam.
Ngo Dinh Diem is elected with support of u.s. -
JFK wins 1960 eleciton
JFK beat nixon in 1960 election -
u.s. trains south veitnam
u.s. sends men to train south veitnam men. -
diem and his brother is assinated
diem and his brother are captured and kill by u.s. forces. -
gulf of tonkin incident
the U.S. destroyer maddox is attacked by north veitnam torpedo boats -
gulf of tonkin resolution
gave johnson the power to decler war with out the approval of congess. -
election of 4964
johnson win the election of 1964 in a land side -
My Lai Massacre
U.S. troops mruder 347 villagers in the town My Lai -
kent state shooting
a shooting on U.S. youth by armed forces. -
vietnamization
U.S troops are shiped out of vietnam. -
fall of saigon
the fall of saigon marks the end of the vietnam war.
