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Supply Route
A specialized North Vietnamese Army unit called Group 559 was formed to make a emergency supply route from North Vietnam tovforces in South Vietnam. -
Join or Retreat
Vice President Johnson comes back from Southeast Asia and tells President Kennedyb"US must either join the countries of Southeast Asia or retreat the defenses to San Fransico. -
The Covinent
President Kennedy meets President Diem and agrees that the
United States will increase the number of American advisors in Vietnam from 340 to 805 -
Order to Shoot
U.S. Helicopters were order to shoot first when encountering hostile forces after two helicopters are shot down -
Government Troops Fire On Buddhists
South Vietnamese troops, enforcing a ban on the buddhist multi-colored flag, fire upon 20,000 Buddhists at Hue -
Troops Attack Buddhist Temple
Troops that was loyal to President Diem dress up as regular troops and attack Buddhist temples and sanctuaries throughout the country -
Diem Overthrown
South Vietnam President Diem is overthrown in a military coup. It took place with United States approval, which President Diem was killed during the coup -
The Attack in Tonkin
The night of July 30, 1964, two south vietnamese commandos attacks two North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. The U.S destroyer Maddox, a spy ship is 123 miles south with orders to electronically simulate an air attack to draw North Vietnamese boats away from the commandos. -
President signs Solution
U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which giving the President Johnson the power to take any or whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast Asia -
American Aircraft burns to the ground
Two days before the U.S. presidential election; The Vietcong mortars shell Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon;Four Americans are killed, 76 wounded. Five B-57 bombers are destroyed, and 15 are damaged
