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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Two attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the destroyers of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, which allowed President Lyndon B. Johnson to greatly escalate U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Discourage the Hanoi regime's direction and support of an insurgency that threatened to destroy the Republic of Vietnam. Yet attempt failed. -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers revealed that the Harry S. Truman administration gave military aid to France in its colonial war. This confirmed many people’s suspicions about the active role the U.S. government had taken in building up the conflict. -
Tet Offensive
The offensive was an attempt to rebel among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to get involved in the Vietnam War. -
Mai Lai Massacre
Lieutenant William Calley led the Americal Division into Mai Lai and ordered his men to eliminate all suspected members of the NLF. Violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. -
Use of the draft
Almost every American was either eligible to go to war or knew someone who was. The U.S. military drafted 2.2 million American men. To others the draft seemed like a death sentence, causing the resistance. -
Kent State Shooting
College were an anti war protest. Out of control protest caused national guard to shoot 6 people paralyzing them. -
Easter Offensive
North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. North Vietnam's goal was to overwhelm and capture South Vietnam and begin the process of reunification. -
Operation Linebacker
Operation Linebacker was critical to halting the Easter Offensive and damaging PAVN forces. This began a new era of aerial warfare with the mass introduction of precision-guided munitions. -
Paris Peace Accords
This agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, caused the U.S' intervention to end.
