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A conference in Indochina that established Vietnam as 2 zones, North and South. The documents from that conference were the Geneva Accords.
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The U.S. was afraid that if they didn't support Diem and he wasn't there, communism would spread from the Ho Chi Minh's control. The U.S. gave Diem financial support and 16,000 military personal.
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Granted broad military power to the president without declaring war, avoiding an entire war.
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50,000 United States troops battling against Vietcong. A U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
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Over 80,000 Vietcong troops emerged from tunnels and attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in South Vietnam. They used guerilla tactics to make the attack unpredictable.
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Soldiers were ordered to do a search and destroy on a village but ended up taking advantage of the situation past what they were ordered. 300 to 500 women and children were killed and their bodies were mutilated or taken advantage of after they were already dead.
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The Pentagon Papers revealed high level deception of the public by the Johnson Administration. The papers were a top secret overview of history of our U.S. government involvement in Vietnam.
