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Eisenhower Rejects Troops
President Eisenhower refuses to send American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?m=201406&paged=2
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Nixon Supports Troop Commotment
Nixon announces that we should send out troops to Asia and Indochina. http://nypost.com/2014/03/15/richard-nixon-and-the-my-lai-massacre-coverup/
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The French Surrender
The French surrender and the Geneva Conference on the status of Indochina begins. http://www.historyguy.com/french_wars_1945-present.html
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Vietnam Divided
France and Ho Chi Minh sign the Geneva Accords, so Vietnam can be divided at the seventeeth parallel. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Vietnam Immigration
About 850,000 North Vietnamese immigrate to South Vietnam. While about 80,000 move to the North from the South. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Ho Chi Minh in Time magazine
Time magazine has Ho Chi Minh on the cover of the magazine and is a "dedicated Communist" http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Eisenhower Reelected
Dwight D Eisenhower was reelected to a second term as a Presidetns of the United States. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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First American Deaths
First American deaths (non-combat) reported in Vietnam. They were two military advisors killed by guerilla soldiers. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
https://namvietnews.wordpress.com/a-look-back-at-the-vietnam-war-on-the-35th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-saigon/35th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-saigon-2/ -
The U.S. Increases Advisors
The United States announces that te nuber of advisors of military advisors will increase in South Vietnam. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Fennedy Elected
John F. Kennedy (Democrat) defeats Richard M. Nixon (Republican) to become the President of the United States. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Johnson visits South Vietnam
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam and offers military and economic aid to Diem. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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First U.S. Combat Death
An American serviceman dies in Vietnam, was the first combat death reported. This was marked as the beginning of the Vietnam War for many Americans. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War#/media/File:Da_Nang,_South_Vietnam...United_States_Navy_nurse_Lieutenant_Commander_Joan_Brouilette_checks_the_condition_of_Pfc...._-_NARA_-_558531.jpg -
South Vietnamese Protests
South Vietnamese police fire shots into a crowd of Buddhist monks demonstrating against President Diem's regime. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Viet Cong Attack Pleiku
The Viet Cong attack a U.S. Air Force base at Pleiku, South Vietnam, killing eight Americans and wounding more than 100. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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First U.S. Combat Units
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March on the Pentagon
Thousands of people march to the Pentagon to demonstrate again the was in Vietnam. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Congress Rejects Vietnam Aid
The casefire in Vietnam is officially over. The U.S. congress rejects Nixon's request fro increased military aid to South Vietnam. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
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Saigon Falls
The North Vietnamese take Saigon; the war in Vietnam ends. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/april-30-1975-saigon-falls/?_r=0
