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Period: to
eisenhowers presidency
eisenhowers time spent as president -
french leave Indochina
France leaves Indochina and the Geneva Accords divide vietnam into two -
U.S. sent to vietnam
U.S. military aid and advisers are sent to south Vietnam. -
U.S. lands in Lebanon
U.S. troops land in lebanon. -
u-2 plane
American u-2 spy plane is shot down -
Period: to
kennedys presidency
kennedys time spent as president -
Gulf of Tonkin
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -
vietnam combat
U.S. combat troops arrive in vietnam -
tet offensive
vietnamese offend the tet treaty -
anti -war
anti-war protest begin in chicago -
Period: to
nixons presidency
president nixons time spent president -
cambodia invasion
nixon orders an invasion of cambodia -
kent state
national guard troops kill student protesters at kent state -
U.S. leaves vietnam
last U.S. troops leave vietnam -
saigon falls
saigon falls to a north vietnamese invasion