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French soldiers were impacted by 3,000 killed and 8,000 wounded. Dien Bien Phu lasted 55 days.
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This is a trail from South Vietnam to North Vietnam. Where many army squads used to move back and forth throught the country.
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J.F.K. orders men into Vietnam to try and stop the spread of Communism.
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The point of this operation was to kill the vegetation so that our army could see the enemy trying to hide in the tall grass.
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South Vietnamese attack North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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This is when the U.S. and the Republic of Vietnam had two seperate incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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The U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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The US launches Rolling Thunder, in which 100 US Air Force planes and60 South Vietnamese planes bomb North Vietnam.
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U.S. offers North Vietnam aid for peace.
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Attack againt the U.S. Marine base in Chu Lai.
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The point of this was to destroy Vietcong bases and the Vietcong military headquarters for South Vietnam.
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5:30 a.m. attack on Marine base at Khe Sanh.
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Tet units go into South Vietnam on the Tet holiday.
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In My Lai, U.S. Charlie Company kills about 200 civilians.
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Nixon authorizes the bombing of North Vietnamese and Vietcong bases within Cambodia.
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Only 133,000 troops are still in South Vietnam.
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The U.S. and North Vietnamese have a peace talk in Paris.
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Warring parties in the Vietnam War sign a cease fire.
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