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Vietcong Attack Bienhoa Air Base
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Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed
Americans bombed North Vietnam it went on for three years -
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Veterans Stage Anti-War Rally
The veterans from world war l and ll along with with veterans from Korae war stage protest rally in New York. -
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Martin Luther King Speaks Out
King states the US is "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world" -
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Nixon begins secret bombing of Combodia
In effort to destroy communist supply routes and base camps he gave the go ahead on "Operation Breakfast" -
LBJ annoues he wont run
With his popularity going down he annouces he wont be a candiate for re-election -
Richard Nixon Elected
Nixon beats out Hubert Humphrey -
Kent State Shooting
National Guardsman openfire on students protesting -
Nixon Resigns
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Ford calls Vietnam "Finished"
Anticipating the fall of Saigon to the communist force US annouces they're finished