Vietnam

Vietnam Declares Independence

Sep 2, 1945

1945; After Japan surrenders, Ho Chi Minh creates the National Liberation Committee.

Senate Hearings on War

Feb 24, 1947

1947; Hearings to say what is happening in Vietnam? What do we do now?

Eisenhower's Re-election

Nov 6, 1956

1956; Eisenhower is re-elected

National Liberation Front Organized in South Vietnam

Dec 20, 1960

1960; Vietnam government organized in Vietnam.

Johnson becomes President after JFK is assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

1963; JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald and then Johnson became president

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Jun 15, 1964

1964; President Johnson could do anything he wanted without asking Congress first

Johnson was re-elected

Nov 3, 1964

1964; President Johnson was re-elected

First Ground Troops go to Vietnam

Nov 13, 1965

1965; The U.S. sent the first ground troops since the South Vietnamese and the Viet Cong were still fighting

Massive Demonstrations at the Pentagon

Jul 15, 1967

1967; Pentagon suffered massive destruction

Viet Cong Launch Tet Offensive

Jan 30, 1968

1968; Big defeat for USA, Lyndon Johnson turned Americans against the war.

Nixon is elected President

Nov 5, 1968

1968; Nixon is elected President

100,000 demonstrate against the Vietnam War in New York

Nov 15, 1969

1969; Big Protest in New York City against the war