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The Vietnam War begins
The U.S. sends some aids into Vietnam to help defend the North soldiers. -
U.S. Military Advisors
The U.S. sends 1,000 military advisors toVietnam -
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Vietnam War
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Green Berets
The U.S. sends in some Green Berets to train Vietnamese soldiers. -
The Ho Chi Minh trail
A specialized North Vietnamese Army unit, Group 559, is formed to create a supply route from North Vietnam to Vietcong forces in South Vietnam. This route became known as the Ho Chi Minh trail. -
Operation Ranch Hand
Operdation Ranch hand's goal was to clear vegetation from the thick forests of Vietnam. Planes sprayed agent orange across fields and foresta to kill all vegetation. -
Operation Chopper
The American soldier's first combat mission against the Vietcong.
Americans pilots ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers into Saigon -
U.S.S. Maddox
South vietnamese commandos attack two Islands in the Gulf of Tonkim. The U.S.S. Maddox an electric spy ship electronically simulated an attack to draw the North Vietnamese away from their ships. -
Tonkin Gulf resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the U.S. permission without a formal declaration of war to e=send troopd into Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a large bombing campaign on North Vietnam. It is aimed to force North Vietnam to stop supporting guerilla sooldiers in the south. -
Operation Crimp
Operation Crimp was the largest operation of the entire war. The operation;s goal was to caoture the Virtcong's headquarters near Saigon. -
Operation Attleboro
In a new mission, code-named Operation Attleboro the U.S. 196th brigade and 22,000 South Vietnamese troops begin aggressive search and destroy sweeps through Tay Ninh Province. -
Operation Junction City
In one of the largest air assaults ever 240 helicopters sweep over Tay Ninh Province beginning Operaton Junction City. The goal of Operation Junction City is to destroy Vietcong bases. -
Paris Peace Talks
North Vietnam and the U.S. talk peace in Paris -
Soldiers Leave Vietnam
The last U.S. soldiers leave South Vietnam.Though some advisors and Marines who are protecting U.S. instalations remain. -
The End of the War
Two U.S. marines are killed in an airport in Saigon, they are the last american soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Later saigon falls to the Vietcong, becoming Ho Chi Minh City.
