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After the defeat they had at Dien Bien Phu, the French decided it was time to pull out of Vietnam. During the year of 1954, at the Geneva Conference, a group of nations joined together to dicuss how the French could peacefully withdraw from Vietnam.
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Vice President Johnson came back to the United States from Southeast Asia. After the trip there, he notes that the US must help the countries there.
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The president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem and the US president John F Kennedy met together. Kennedy decides that he's going to increase the number of american advisors in Vietnam from 340 to 805.
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It was attacked by three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats from the 135th Torpedo Squadron which were attempting to close their range on the Maddox for effective torpedo fire.
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The U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast Asia.
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A bomb that a Viet-Cong placed down exploded in a hotel near Qui Nonh that killed 23 American servicemen.
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At two landing zones, northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam as part of the U.S. airmobile offensive codenamed Operation Silver Bayonet.
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The Viet Cong decides to launch their biggest offensive off at the war while the Communist troops will attempt to capture the Citadel at Hue and seize part of the US embassy in Saigon.
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PAVN sent a message to the soldiers of the Route 9. It was the first time Americans abandoned a major combat base. Later, it was a clear defeat of who won.
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U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam exceed the 33,629 men killed in the Korean War.
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President Nixon orders the 1st of many U.S. troop withdrawls from Vietnam.
