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The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam.
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Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese Presidetn was executed.
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North Vietnamese ships attached two American ships sitting in international waters (Gulf of Tonkin incident).
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As a result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the President a lot more power than he used to have.
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United States bomb North Vietnam.
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First of U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam
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Presidetn Nixon orders the first removal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.
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Nixon announced that American troops will be attacking enemy locations in Cambodia.
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Paric Peace Accords are signed causing a cease-fire.
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South Vietnam surrenders to be a Communist country, and on July 2, Vietnam is unified as a whole country (The Socialist Republic of Vietnam).