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Geneva Accords
Korea to be divided into North and South, U.S sides with south. -
Period: to
Vietnam War
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War begins
Country is divided in two, the vietnam war begins -
Kennedy approves involvement in Vietnam
Sends helicopters and 3,000 advisors to Viet Cong -
Operation Ranchhand
Clearing vegetation to make ambushes more difficult -
Johnson wants more involvement
President Johnson gets the go ahead to increase American involvement -
Protestors march on Pentagon
50,000 protestors march against the war -
USS Pueblo
USS Pueblo attacked and captured by North Korean ship -
TET Offensive
North Korea attacks American bases in the south -
My Lai Massacre
Americans kill 300 inoocents, shocking citizens at home -
Nixon wins election
against the majority of peoples votes wishing to restore law and order, Nixon becomes president -
Troops to Cambodia
Nixon sends troops to Cambodia to destroy communist bases -
Student prostestors killed
Kent state students killed and injured while prostesting war -
Paris Peace Accords
US ends involvement in Vietnam War -
Fall of Saigon
Communists take over Saigon, south forced to surrender -
Reunification
as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
