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First shipload of U.S. arms aid to pro-French Vietnam arrives
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Two Americans are killed and one wounded
during a Viet Minh attack 20 miles north of Saigon -
President Kennedy orders 100 troops to South Vietnam
President Kennedy orders 100 "special forces" troops to S. Vietnam -
U.S. aircraft carrier "Core" arrives in Saigon with 33 helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen assigned to operate them for S. Vietnam
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President Johnson announced major troop increases and the bombing of North Vietnam.
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More Than 200,000 US troops are sent to Vietnam
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Battle of Ia Drang Valley
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US begins bombing around Haiphong and Hanoi, N. Vietnam. This is considered a major escalation of the air war
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B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
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My Lai village Massacre by US troops
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US dropped over 600,000 tons of bombs on N. Vietnam total
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Ho Chi Minh dies
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President Nixon says he plans withdrawal of all US troops on a secret timetable
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Renewed US bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th parallel
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Official end of the Vietnam War.
