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Japan Surrenders
Japan surrendered at the end of World War 2 and Ho Chi Minh took control of Vietnam and declared it independent. -
Vietnam gains independence
After the viet Minh defeated the french in 1954, the colony was granted independence. -
Military advisors sent
John F. Kenedy sent "military advisors" to Vietnam to help train south vietnamese soliders. -
navy attacked
Us Navy ships were supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave president Johnson permission to get the US more invloved in the war, was approved by the US senate. -
The first combat troops
The first american troops to land in South Vietnam were 3,500 United States Marienes. -
Operation Starlite
5,500 US marines destroyed a Viet Cong stronghold during Operation Starlite, the first major american ground battle. -
aiding Viet Cong
The House of Un-American Activities committee started investigations of people who were thought to be aiding the Viet Cong. -
Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand decided to remove their troops from Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords
US involvement in the Vietnam conflict ended with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. -
country reunited
The captital of South Vietnam fell to the north, who runited it under communist rule, thus ending the Vietnam War. -
draft evaders pardened
President Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders.
