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truman
truman was president during the start of vietnam. -
Ho Chi Minh
asked for US assistance when refused he returned to communism -
eisenhower
eisenhower was president. -
french supplies
US stopped shipping supplies to the french in Vietnam because they pulled out of war. -
advisors
kennedy sent avisors to vietnam called green berets -
kennedy
president kennedy increased the # of US combat advisors. -
tonkin
gulf of tonkin resolution was a turning point in the war -
first troops
first US troops in vietnam -
my lai
my lai massacre was on march 16th 1968 and 300 civilians were killed -
troops in vietnam
troops in vietnam picked in this year -
cambodia/ laos invasion
kent state protest where government forces shot down many of the inncoent protesters which were young students at the college. -
pentagon papers
pentagon papers was proof that the we were losing the war a which the government was hiding from the public. this was the turning point, -
watergate
watergate crippled nixon causing the end of us troop support in the south. -
easter offensive
military campigne launch by the peoples army of vietnam against the republic of vietnam. -
last troops
last troops withdrawn under paris peace accords also pows reaturned -
end of war
