Vietnam War

By jlefebre2

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin
    A North Vietnamese patrol boat fired on the U.S.S. Maddox. After the incident the president was granted the ability to send in troops withoput declaring war.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder Begins

    Operation Rolling Thunder Begins
    50,000 U.S. troops were sent in to fight the Vietcong. This was the first sustained American assault on the North Vietnamese.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    Over 80,000 Vietcong troops surprise attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in South Vietnam. The U.S. troops morale decreased greatly.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    American Soldiers killed 300-500 villagers including women and children.

  • Vietmamization Introduced.

    Vietmamization Introduced.
    President Nixon promised that troops wopuld gradually be pulled from Southeast Asia .

  • Kent State Massacre

    Kent State Massacre
    Students were protesting violently that Nixon was expanding the war. Soldiers in the National Guard shot and killed four students while wounding others.

  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon
    North Vietnamese forces attacked the South Vietnam capital of Saigon. They took Saigon and the war ended.