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Ho Chi Min declares independence of Vietnam under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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A peaceful conference that split Vietnam into four countries. Those country's are North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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US begins sending direct aid to South Vietnam.
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JFK was elected as a 35th President of the United States.
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It was the first major combat that US forces participate in Vietnam.
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The first major combat by the Viet Cong against Southern Vietnamese and American Forces, where communists won.
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President JFK was killed by a Jordan immigrant who disagreed with Kennedy type of politics.
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200,000 American combat troops arive in South Vietnam
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President Nixon was elected as a President of the United States.
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President Nixon begins the policy to decrease US involvement in the conflict by essentially handing the fighting back to the South Vietnamese.
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President Nixon began withdrawing US troops from Vietnam.
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Nixon signs a ceasefire. America have sixty days to remove its troops.
