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Geneva Conference
was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
operation chopper
The helicopters transported over 1,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers for an assault on a suspected NLF stronghold 10 miles west of Saigon. The NLF were surprised and soundly defeated, but they gained valuable combat experience they would later use with great effect against US troops. The paratroopers also captured a sought after underground radio transmitter. -
Viet cong
Five hundred Viet Cong troops cross the border and seize three strategic hamlets. They are forced to withdraw after a 14 hour gun fight with ARVN the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam. They lose 100 men, while ARVN loses 4. -
Tonkin resolution
Was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. -
Operation rollling thunder
The four objectives of the operation which evolved over time were to boost the sagging morale of the Saigon regime in the Republic of Vietnam, to persuade North Vietnam to cease its support for the communist insurgency in South Vietnam without actually taking any ground forces into communist North Vietnam, to destroy North Vietnam's transportation system, industrial base, and air defenses, and to cease the flow of men and material into South Vietnam. -
United States Troop arrive
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam. -
Operation starlight
An officer restrained to stay with his troops and gave up there position. -
Tet offensive
The Tet offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War. -
Vietnamanization
was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
Battle of hamburger hill
Was a battle of the Vietnam War that was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces from May 10,20, 1969 -
Kent State
also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. -
26th amendment
United States Constitution bars the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon verse Mitchell. It was adopted on July 1, 1971. -
War powers act
The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war. -
South Vietnam Surrender
The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese. -
United States withdrawl of troops
At 8:35 a.m. the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over.