Vietnam 1968

Vietnam War Timeline

By DakevenWilliams

  • Diem Overthrown

    Diem Overthrown
    Nov 1, 1963
    Diem Overthrown South Vietnamese General Duong Van Minh overthrows the Diem regime, with U.S. encouragement, the next day he excecutes Diem and his brother

  • Students Burn Draft Cards

    Students Burn Draft Cards
    Around 1,000 students met in New York City so they could protest the Vietnam War. Twelve burn their selective service registration cards in a symbolic gesture of opposition to the war.

  • North Vietnam Complains

    North Vietnam Complains
    North Vietnamese officials in Hanoi file a complaint with a commission set up by the Geneva Accords, declaring that under the protection of American destroyers, South Vietnamese vessels had bombarded northern ports.

  • USS Maddox

    USS Maddox
    North Vietnamese gunboats attack the Maddox but does little to it

  • First North Vietnam Bombing

    First North Vietnam Bombing
    The USS Maddox reports a second attack by the North Vietnamese gunships.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Gives President Lyndon Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend South Vietnam against Viet Cong forces.

  • First US Combat Units

    First US Combat Units
    The first U.S. combat units arrive in Vietnam

  • SDS Rally in DC

    Thousands attend a protest rally organized by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in Washington D.C.

  • “Jungle Marxist”

    “Jungle Marxist”
    For the second time, Time magazine features Ho Chi Minh on its cover. In its cover article entitled "The Jungle Marxist," Time magazine asks, "What makes kindly old 'Uncle Ho' so hard-nosed?"

  • First Draft Burning Conviction

    First Draft Burning Conviction
    Pacifist David J. Miller, 24, becomes the first person convicted for burning a draft card under a new law signed by President Johnson in August 1965