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vietnam war
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b-52 bombers strike
B-52 bombers strike the Ho Chi Minh trail in retaliation for the increasing number of Viet Cong raids throughout the South. -
Brings murder charges
The U.S. Army brings murder charges against Captain Ernest L. Medina concerning the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in March of 1968. -
president nixon announces
president nixon announces the withdrawl 150,000 americans -
blowing up campuses
nixon calls anti wars students for blowing up campuses -
jungle defoliants in Vietnam is halted
americans stops using jungles -
levels drop to 334,600.
american troop level is dropped to 334,600