A Comparison: American and Vietnam during the Vietnam War

  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference
  • President Eishenhower commits to maintainin South Vietnam as separate national state

    President Eishenhower commits to maintainin South Vietnam as separate national state
  • Battle of Ap Bac

    Battle of Ap Bac
    War StoriesGovernment Memorandums
    Video summary of battle
    Ap Bac is a village 50 miles south of Saigon where the Viet Cong drastically and unexpectedly defeated the South Vietnamese in battle. It was a battle between the South Vietnamese 7th Infantry Division’s 2,500 troops and 300 Viet Cong guerillas.
  • JFK Assasinated

    JFK Assasinated
    JFK Assassination Conspiracy TheoriesNY Times Article day after JFK assasinated JFK Assasination Video
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy rarely accompanied her husband on political outings for a 10-mile motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas on November 22.
  • Richard Nixon sabotages Vietnam peace talks

    Richard Nixon sabotages Vietnam peace talks