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Vietcong
Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front for South Vietnam) -
Vice President Johnson
Vice President Johnson Tours Saigon -
Operation Chopper
Operation Chopper: America's first combat missions against the Vietcong. -
Operation Ranchhand
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 -
Battle of Ap Bac
Battle of Ap Bac where the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnamese Army -
President Kennedy Assasination
President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon B Johnson takes over the Presidency -
Monks Protest
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. -
Gulf of Tonkin
3 North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox named the Gulf of Tonkin Incident -
All out war
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 -
Largest anti war protest
Largest anti war protest in Washington D.C. over 250,000 American wanter the troops to come home. -
Additional Troops Withdraw
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. -
The seize of Saigon
Communist forces seized control of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War
