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Vice President Johnson returns to the United States from a visit to SoutheastAsia and gives a report to Kennedy on his trip. He states that the US musteither help the countries of Southeast Asia or pull back its defenses toSan Francisco
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Following a meeting between south vietnam president Diem and Kennedy, the united sates agreed to increas the numbers of americans advicers in vietnam from 340 to 805
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The US Air Force launches Operation Ranch Hand to deny the Vietcong theuse of the road and trails. Using a defoliating herbicide named Agent Orange,over 10% of the vegetation in Vietnam is destroyed during the course ofthe war. The defoliant also causes severe disabilities among Vietnam veterans
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The US Air Force launches Operation Ranch Hand to deny the Vietcong theuse of the road and trails. Using a defoliating herbicide named Agent Orange,over 10% of the vegetation in Vietnam is destroyed during the course ofthe war
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U.S. Helicopters are ordered to shoot first when encountering hostileforces after two helicopters are shot down while ferrying South Vietnamesetroops.
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South Vietnam's President Diem is overthrown in a military coup. Thecoup takes place with the tacit approval of the United States.
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South Vietnamese troops, enforcing a ban on the Buddhist multicoloredflag, fire upon 20,000 Buddhists at Hue. The attack begins a series of intensifyingprotests by Buddhists against the government.
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Buddhist monk Quang Duc sets himself on fire in protest against the Diemgovernment's policies. Buddhist protesst intensify daily
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therer are 16,500 servicemen in Vietnam. During the corse of 1963,76 u.s servicemen are killed in the war.
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Five hundred Viet Cong troops cross the border and seize three strategichamlets. They are forced to withdraw after a 14 hour gun fight with ARVN(the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam).
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In responce the the U.S.S Maddox,president johnson ordered attawck u.s aircraft on north vietnam
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A six day battle around the village of Binh Gia ends with a clear ARVNdefeat. Two hundred of their best troops are killed and three hundred arewounded. Five Americans are killed and three are declared missing.
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The US launches Rolling Thunder, in which 100 US Air Force planes and60 South Vietnamese planes bomb North Vietnam. These are the first air raidsagainst North Vietnam that are not in direct retaliation for Communist attacks
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In the United States, the first anti-Vietnam War campus sit-in takesplace at the University of Michigan. Another such sit-in follows at ColumbiaUniversity.
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In the largest search and destroy mission up to that point in the war, Operation Masher, 2,389 Viet Cong casualties are reported
