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US help South East Asia
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US helps SE Asia
American air power in Southeast Asia is massively reinforced. Two aircraft carriers arrive off the Vietnamese coast prompted by a North Vietnamese offensive in Laos -
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US Combat begins in Vietnam
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U.S combat begins
This was the first time United States troops were sent into Vietnam to fight in the war. -
LBJ Meets With South Vietnamese Leaders
US President Lyndon Johnson meets with South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky in Honolulu. Johnson promises to continue to help South Vietnam fend off aggression from the North, but adds that the US will be monitoring South Vietnam's efforts to expand democracy and improve economic conditions for its citizens. -
Operation Cedar Falls
Intended to drive Vietcong forces from the Iron Triangle, a 60 square mile area lying between the Saigon River and Route 13 -
Americans attack North Vietnam
The attacks inflict heavy damage on runways and installations. By the end of the year, all but one of the North's Mig bases has been hit. -
Martin Luther King Speaks Out Against War
Calling the US "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world," Martin Luther King publicly speaks out against US policy in Vietnam. King later encourages draft evasion and suggests a merger between antiwar and civil rights groups. -
Battle for Hue
wages for 26 days as US and South Vietnamese forces try to recapture the site seized by the Communists during the Tet Offensive. Previously, a religious retreat in the middle of a war zone, Hue was nearly leveled in a battle that left nearly all of its population homeless -
My Lai Massacre
11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the village of My Lai. "This is what you've been waiting for -- search and destroy -- and you've got it," said their superior officers. A short time later the killing began. When news of the atrocities surfaced, it sent shockwaves through the US political establishment, the military's chain of command, and an already divided American public. -
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US withdrawal troops from Vietnam
The United States is losing the war and President Nixion has decided to withdrawl all troops from Vietnam -
US troops are withdrawld from Vietnam
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Kenn State Unviversery
An Ohio university where national Gaurdsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War. Nine were wounded and four were killed.
