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Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front for South Vietnam)
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Vice President Johnson Tours Saigon
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Operation Chopper: America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.
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Operation Ranchhand: Objective to clear vegetation making it difficult for the Vietcong to ambush. US Military then Employs Agent Orange to expose roads and trails used by Vietcong forces
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Battle of Ap Bac where the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnamese Army
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President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon B Johnson takes over the Presidency
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Buddhist monks start setting themselves on fire in public places to protest against the Diem government policy of removing Buddhists from key government positions and replacing them with Catholics.
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3 North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox named the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Congress authorizes President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." The US wages total war against North Vietnam
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Largest anti war protest in Washington D.C. over 250,000 American wanter the troops to come home.
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President Richard Nixon announces that 50,000 additional U.S. troops will be pulled out of South Vietnam by April 15, 1970. This was the third reduction since the June Midway conference, when Nixon announced his Vietnamization program.
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Communist forces seized control of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War
