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Gulf Tonkin Incident
While in the Gulf of Tonkin the U.S. ship the USS Maddox was suposedly fired on by the Vietnamese patrol boat. Two days later the USS Maddox fired on the North Vietnamese. -
Gulf Tonkin Resolution
Congresss passed this to allow the president to do what he felt was best in Southeast Aisa. The president had the power to create peace an help Southeast Asian nations. -
Start of Operation Rolling Thunder
The U.S. military started to drop all sorts of bombs on vietnam rappadly. The bombs were explosave, napalm, and agient orange. -
Tet Offensive
on the Buddhist holiday of Tet lots of Vietcong emerged friom hideouts and tunnels and fired on their opposing troops. It was on of the largest attacks of the vietnam war. -
My Lai Massacre
American soldiers opned fire on women in childern in the town of My Lai. Many women and childer were killed and women were raped. -
Kent State Massacre
Students and anti-war supporters were protesting the war. The National Guard were called in when it started to get bad. In the end four people were killed and nine people were injured -
Fall of Saigon
The day when the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, was captured by North Vietnam.
