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vietname victory over french
french commander orderd his troops to cease fire the battle lasted 55 days and 3,000 troops were killed. the vietnames victory shattered frances resolve to carry on the war. -
american helicopters
american helicopters arrive at docks in south vietname along with 400 us personal. who will fly and maintaine the aircraft. -
combat missions
an operation chopper, helicopters flown by us army pilots .1000 south vietnames soldiers to sweep a nlf stronghold near saigon -
hamlet of ap bac
the vietcong 514th battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the south vietnames armys 7th divison. almost 400 vietnames are killed or wounded -
american air power
american air power in southwest asia is massively reinforced. two aircraft carriers arrive off the vietnames coast prompted by a north vietnames offensive in laos -
camdodian border
on route 13 which links vietnam to the cambodian border american forces are brutally assaulted by the vietcong only american air and artillery support prevents a complete disaster -
on this night
south vietnames commandos attack two small north vietnames islands in the golf of tonkin. the us distroyer maddox an electric spy ship is 123 miles south with orders to electronically simulte an air attack -
uss maddox
the caption of the uss maddox repports that his vessle had been fired on and that an attack is imminent. thought he later says that no attack took place six hours after the initial report -
golf of tonkin
the us congress passes the gulf of tonkin resolution giving president jhonson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast asia. -
central highlands
a us helicopter base and advisory compound in the central highlands of south vietnam is attaked by nlf commandow. nine americans are killed and more than 70 are wounded -
operation crimp
us forces launch operation crimp. deploying nearly 8000 troops it is the largest american operation of the war. the goal of the campaigon is to capture the vietcongs headquarters. -
artillery fire
the 272nd regiment of the vietcong 9th divison attack a battlalion of the american 3rd brigade at lo ke. us air support succeeds in the boming the attakers into retreat. -
operation attleboro
in a new mission code named operation attleboro the us 196th brgade and 22000 south vietnamese troops begin aggressive search and destroy sweeps through tay ninh province -
vietnamese attack cambodia
south vietnamese troops attack into cambodia pushing toward vietcong bases. two days later a us force of 30,000 including three us divisions mount a second attack. -
Operation Lam Son
three South Vietnamese divisions drive into Laos to attack two major enemy bases. unknowingly, they are walking into a North Vietnamese trap.
