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Ho Chi Minh helps find the Indo Chinese Communist Party
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Japan Invades Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh
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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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The Viet Minh receive military advisors and weapons from China.
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The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.
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The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup.
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North Vietnamese attacks two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters. This was in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
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In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The United States Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin a resolution.
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The first United States combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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Perry Joined the Army
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Jenkins stepped on a land mined. He was killed in the first couple of seconds. He even stayed on the trail.
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The United States President at the time, President Nixon announced that United States troops would attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This announcement spark the attention of national protestors and especially on College Campuses.
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The last United States troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
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Vietnam was unified as a communist country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.