Vietnam

Vietnam War

By zenobiaPearson

  • Declaration of Neutrality in Laos

    Declaration of Neutrality in Laos
    The Declaration of Neutrality in Laos is signed in Geneva for the reestablishment of Laotian neutrality.

  • Viet Cong Seize Hamlets

    Viet Cong Seize Hamlets
    Five hundred Viet Cong troops cross the border and seize three strategic hamlets. They are forced to withdraw after a 14 hour gun fight with ARVN (the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam). They lose 100 men, while ARVN loses 4.

  • U.S.S. Maddox Attacked

    U.S.S. Maddox Attacked
    The U.S.S. Maddox is attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats. The Maddox had been sailing in the Gulf of Tonkin since July 28, 1964, to support covert South Vietnamese forces operating against North Vietnamese shore installations. The American ship fights off the PT boats, which launch 3 torpedos, none of which strike the Maddox.

  • Australian Troops go into Vietnam

    Australian Troops go into Vietnam
    Eight hundred Australian troops depart for Vietnam. The Australian forcescenter around the 1st Australian Task Force (ATF), headquartered in theNui Dat Rubber plantation in Phuoc Tuy Province, southeast of Saigon. TheAustralian forces are later supplemented with troops from New Zealand. In the course of war, 47,424 Australian troops serve in Vietnam, 494 of whom are killed and 2,368 of whom are wounded. In addition, 35 New Zealanders are killed and 135 are injured.

  • Operation Cedar Falls

    Operation Cedar Falls
    After the success of Operation Attleboro, Operation Cedar Falls is launched.The goal of the operation is to rout out Viet Cong base camps in the Iron Triangle. Americans commanders hoped that the Vietcong forces will standand fight. The operation is designed as a classic Hammer and Anvil operation,and includes a number of US and ARVN divisions. The operation is successful in uncovering large caches of arms and other equipment. The Viet Cong do not choose to fight, but 750 Vietcong are killed.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    A unit of Charlie Company 1st Battalion 20th Infantry slaughter between 200 and 500 unarmed villagers in the hamlet of My Lai. Led by Lieutenant William Calley, the platoon is ordered to enter the village firing.

  • Largest Anti-War Protest

    Largest Anti-War Protest
    More than 250,000 protesters gather in Washington, D.C., in the largest anti-war demonstration to occur during the Vietnam war.

  • Pres. Nixon Begins Withdrawal

    Pres. Nixon Begins Withdrawal
    Nixon begins withdrawing troops from Vietnam. By the end of the year, US troops are down to 479,000. In 1969, 9,414 Americans are killed in Vietnam.

  • Kent State Disaster

    Kent State Disaster
    4 students were killed in a clash with the National Guard

  • Americans said the war was over

    Americans said the war was over
    The Vietnam Peace Pact is signed