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Dien Bien Phu
1954 North Vietnamese attack the French to drive them out of Vietnam; start of the Vietnam War -
Geneva Conference
attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
“The Blank Check” US Congress gave US President power to do whatever is necessary to repel any attacks made against us; brought US completely into Vietnam War -
Period: to
"The Secret War"
U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Air bombing campaign that went on for 3 years of non-stop bombing of North Vietnam -
Tet Offensive
largest offensive attack by North Vietnamese Army on their New Year Day; lost the support of the American media/people after it happen -
My Lai Massacare
US regiment slaughtered and killed up to 500 Vietnamese villagers (women, elderly, & children); Government tried to cover it up -
Kent State University Massacre
Twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine. -
War Powers Act
Federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress -
Last US troops withdrew from South Vietnam
The last few Americans still in South Vietnam were airlifted out of the country as Saigon fell to communist forces -
Pentagon Papers
revealed that past Presidents and executive branch officials had not been telling the truth or all of the truth to Congress about the conflict in Vietnam.
