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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
when the North vietnamese navy attacked the uss maddox after the
ship attacked north vietnamese coastal defenses -
Diem is assasinated
Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals in saigon during a coup d'etat ( the coup was sponsored by the U.S.) -
Operation Rolling Thunder
the bombing of north vietnam after the gulf of tonkin incident -
Battle of the La Drang
first time the us used air mobility this crafted the way the us fought in vietnam- the us 1st cavalry division 7th cavalry regiment under lieutenant colonel hal moore. fought off near 2,000 NVA and Viet cong forces with there 400 for 3 days -
The Tet offensive
The Tet offensive is when the Nva and Vietcong launched an all out assault all over South vietnam including saigon the capital of the south. -
The My Lai massacre
over 500 south vietnamese peasants were killed by U.S. personnel -
The fight for hill 937 (Hamburger Hill)
when a hill (937) was identified to have NVA troops on it U.S. forces were sent to destroy them they fought for 10 days but when they had cleared the hill they left leaving the hill to the NVA to take over the hill again. After over 400 casualties the U.S. just left the hill. -
Moratorium Anti War Riot
the Moratorium Committee staged the largest anti war riot during vietnam when as many as half a million protesters attended a mostly peace full demonstration in washington. -
Kent state shooting
when U.S. national guard opened fire on protesting students at kent university. -
Evacuation of the embassy (saigon)
when the U.S. evacuated the U.S. embassy in saigon during the NVA invasion/ Take over
