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Selective Service Act
the government drafted more than 1.5 million men into the military service during Vietnam War. -
French surrendered in vietnam
After suffering 15,000 casualties the French surrendered. -
National Liberation Front
A communist rebel group in the South,know as the National Liberation Front, had committed themselves to undermining the Diem government and uniting Vietnam under a communist flag. -
Diem was remove from power
Diem was removed from power and later assassinated -
North vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the American destroyer USS Maddox
The Maddox was not hit, and it returned fire on the North Vietnamese boat. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. airstrikes hammered North Vietnam and Vietcong strong points in South Vietnam. -
President Johnson dramatically altered the U.S. role in Vietnam War
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U.S Marines arrived to defend the airbase in Da Nang
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President Johnson brought General Westmoreland home from Vietnam to address the nation's concerns about the war.
Westmoreland said that the Vietcong were declining in strength and could no longer mount a major offensive. -
American soldiers kill civilians at My Lai
Lieutenant William Calley's unit began shooting and killing unarmed civilians because they thought vietcong soldiers were in My Lai. -
The president addressed the nation on television
The president announced on television that America will limit the bombing on north Vietnam and seek a negotiated settlement to the war. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
A racist assassin shot and killed him in Memphis, Tennessee -
Robert kennedy is assassinated
At a rally celebrating his victory in the California primary a minute later a Palestinian immigrant named Sirhan shot kennedy in the head. -
anti war rally in downtown New York City
war demonstrators had spit on the American flag, they pushed into the crowd and started hitting protesters. -
United States and North Vietnam came to terms on a peace settlement.
North Vietnam refused to sigh the agreenment and America bomb North Vietnam to resume negotiations. -
The United States,South Vietnam,North Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed the Paris Peace Accords
The parties agreed to a cease fire and a U.S. troop withdrawal from South Vietnam.