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Kennedy's increase of military advisors in Vietnam
Originally, their were only 600 advisors for Kennedy. Kennedy wanted to raise that for the most advice as possible. So Kennedy raised it to 600, to 16000. -
Gulf of Tonkin & Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
USS Maddox is allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin (the attack is later disputed), leading President Johnson to call for air strikes on North Vietnamese patrol boat bases. The attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin spur Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorizes the president to “take all necessary measures, including the use of armed force” against any aggressor in the conflict. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. They bombed in Hanoi where the Ho Chi Minh Trail was to kill the rest of the North vietamese. -
Tet Offensive
During the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai massacre. U.S. Army officers covered up the carnage for a year before it was reported in the American press. -
Election of 1968
On November 5, 1968, the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Nixon ran on a campaign that promised to restore "law and order". -
Kent State Massacre
Four Kent State University students were killed and eleven were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. -
Expansion into Laos and Cambodia
The Secret war was due a war expansion during the vietnam war. This war expanded into Laos and Cambodia. -
26th Amendment Ratification
18- to 20-year-olds would be eligible to vote for president and vice president, but not for state officials up for election at the same time. -
Pentagon Papers
Military analyst Daniel Ellsberg—who had worked on the study—came to oppose the war, and decided that the information contained in the Pentagon Papers should be available to the American public. He photocopied the report and in March 1971 gave the copy to The New York Times. -
Paris Peace Records
The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam formally sign “An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” in Paris. -
Fall of Saigon
The capital of South Vietnam is seized by communist forces and the government of South Vietnam surrenders. U.S. Marine and Air Force helicopters transport more than 1,000 American civilians and nearly 7,000 South Vietnamese refugees out of Saigon in an 18-hour mass evacuation effort.
