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The War Begins
The US sends troops to French territory to advise after the Japanese victory to prevent communist takeover. Ho Chi Minh declares full independence for Vietnam. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctine is issued which promised US support against communist countries across the globe. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Communists from Thailand, Laos, and North Vietnam meet to make an agreement where Vietnam troops are allowed to use the border of Laos or the Ho Chi Minh Trail to stage equipment and men against the French. -
JFK sends troops
JFK sent 400 american troops to South Vietnam as advisors. Kennedy was warned by Eisenhower that Indochina was a growing problem for the United States. In response he approves a military plan for Vietnam and Laos with a special force attack. -
Free Speech Movement
A college campus protest inspired about the Vietnam War and the frightening things shown there. It was led by several students. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The first sustained bombing of North Vietnam, the goal was to disrupt the flow of troops and weapons from North Vietnam to Vietcong. -
Can the Government Be Trusted?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee and citizens of the United States start to question weather they can trust their own government or not. This was started mostly by the pentagon papers. -
The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers was a 7,000 page report about how president Johnson was going to escalate the war when he was telling the citizens that he was trying to end it. -
Kent State University disaster
Disaster at Kent State University where during a protest of the free speech movement four students were killed in a fight with the National Guard. -
The US Leaves
The US had failed to convince the Vietnam people that they were trying to protect them and the US forces were gradually withdrawn. 58,000 Americans were killed with 303,000 wounded. Soldiers who came back were not welcomes and most drug or alcohol overdosed.
