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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh comes back into Vietnam creating a new provisional government and declaring them independent from the French. -
United States Step In
The U.S. sends military personal to go train the South Vietnamese to get ready to fight Ho's army. -
Communists Begin to Mobilize
Norht Communists forces begin to move into South Vietnam. This causes the United States to begin to watch what is happening over there. -
Vietcong
The group known as the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam or more commonly known as the vietcong organize. -
Vice President Johnson Visits Vietnam
V.P. Lyndon Johnson heads over to Saigon to visit Diem. While over there Johnson states to Diem that Vietnam is very important to the United States. -
Agent Orange Makes an Apperence
In this year the United States Air Force begin to develop and use Agent Orane. Agent Oragne is an acid that eats and destorys any vegatation and was used heavily by the United States during the Vietnam War. -
Diem
Diem runs for President of the Republic of Vietnam and wins. Proclaming himself President. -
President Johnson Gets the Yes
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, gets the go ahead, stating that the United States is allowed to have an all-out war agianst any nation that posses a threat to the United States. Johnson took this and ran with it, even though he didn't have the Declaration of War fromCongress. -
Rolling Thunder
American boming of North Vietnam. These were bombing raids on selected areas in North Vietnam, that were deemed important to the North. -
American Soldiers in Vietnam
This was the first American troops to arrive in Vietnam. The first were the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. -
First Blood
Northern Vietnamese contact erups at Ia Drang Valley. United States pull out with a victory, however we suffer casutiles. -
Protest
In over 100 college campuses, students gather in for a protest agaisnt the forces in Vietnam. This was nationaly broadcasted. -
More Men
The total amount of American military personal in Vietnam figures to be around 200,000. More will soon follow. -
Bombings
The United States, in an effort to limit the supplies the North were sending to the N.V.A. in South Vietnam bombed the main pass used to transprot goods through. -
C.O.R.E.
The Congress of Racial Equality sends a statement out thats says the drafts are directed more towards the poor and the minority groups. This group also supported withdrawal for Vietnam. -
Cedar Falls
With a little over 20,000 troops the Americans head out to search and destroy any Vietcong operations near Saigon. While on the search they found a web of tunnels they called the "Iron Triangle." Later on they claimed this to be headquarters of the Vietcong. -
Not Working
Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense makes a statement claiming that the bombing raids have not fufilled their purpose and that supplies have not slowed to the N.V.A. in South Vietnam and neither their economy nor their morale has been broken. Speaking about the North Vietnamese. -
Tet Offensive
The Northern Vietnamese forces attacked unexspectatly and caught the American troops off guard. They captured many cities and Saigon; however, a few short days after this the American forces recaptured most of the areas and was concidered a defeat while at the same time a vitory for the North. -
Search and Destory
My Lai, a village in South Vietnam is soon over run with American troops. However this was not a friendly vistit, they had orders to "search and destory" and that is exactly what they did. No mercy. When the public catch wind of this, things on the home front turn from bad to worse. -
Not Again
President Johnson announces to the public that he will not be running again for re-election. Many believe becasue of the Vietnam war and the heat he was recieving from that along with his popularity decreasing more and more everyday that the United States are over in Vietnam. -
Peace Talks
North Vietnamese and Americn agree on a loaction for their start of peace talks. They set a date and agree on May 10th. -
Operation Breakfast
When President Nixon took office he sent the green light for secret bombings in Cambodia, nor the public or Congress knew of his actions. To try to limit supplies that the N.V.A. recieved. -
Peace at Last
President Nixon nagotiates peace talks with the leader of North Vietnam, Le Duc Tho. -
Done with Vietnam
The last American troops are pulled out of Vietnam and flown home. America leaves without a said Victory and didn't accomplish what they had hopped for when they went into Vietnam many many years ago. -
The Fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon marked the unaffical end of the Vietnam War. Which ended in a Southern Vietnamese victory. However the entire country of Vietnam was shortly returned to an all communist country.
