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The begining of the U.S envolvement
the U.S started secret operatons in south vietnam under eisenhower. The rig elections and trained south Vietname's -
kennedy in vetnam
John F kennedy became president, Increases troop leavels in vietnam to over 16,300 in 1963, Us military starts using agent orange in 1962 -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
navy boats attacks in the gulf of tonkin, Presedent Johnson asks congress for permission to send more trops he gets it, and sends over 100,00 troops to vietnam. -
Tet Offecsive
Americans saw how devistated the war was, and how bad americans saw how solders. Americans were regretting the war, Militart asked for 206,000 more troops witch increased the total number to 536,100 in 1968 -
Richard Nixon
nixon becomes presedent. Didnt want to continue fighting and wants peace, but viet cong keep fighting nixon starts withdrawling troops over time and that he is popular with americans -
the draft
December 1st the first day of the draft: people that drafted served 6 to 26 months; people tried to delay or avoid the military so they wouldn’t be drafted. Lots of people would hide so they didn’t have to be drafted because they knew that they had a possibility of dying. -
PTSD and vetenarions
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says that 31% of Vietnam veterans have PTSD. There are thousands of Vietnam fighters live on the streets and forgotten
