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US drops bomb on Hiroshima to end WWII
On the morning on August 6th, 1945, the US aviators fly over Hiroshima.They're target, to kill for the better of the US. Some pilots after the incident of killing millions, felt so gultiy. But not only did the pilots feel bad, but the scientists who created the bombs felt especially bad. Some took this greif to the deathbed. The bomb resulted in a surrender from Japan and the end of WWII. -
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Vietcong formed
While they started of small, Vietong resulted in being a huge problem for us. They're communism pushed us to try and contain the problem. thi resulted in the bloodiest, most public battle in US History. The Nams war tactics were guriella warfare and booby traps, ultimatley having us slaughter each other with our hightech military supplies and their still deadly methods. -
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro lead the Revolution to ovethrow Baptista, a ruler of Cuba. Castro fought for his people. He was witty, charming, and very wise for such a young man. The people of cuba instantely loved him. -
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US military employs Agent Orange
Agent orange is a herbicide in which it kills an plant within contact. Its like Round-Up on steroids. Applying this to veitcong, most of their country was swamped with thick jungles. Killing all their produce, shelter, and camoflauge gave us a leg up. It helped track down, aviat, and ultimatley be somehat successful in Nam. But not did not only contemporarily kill the forest.It completley poined the ground from uprooting any tree. the area of Veitnam is still having troubles with the forestation -
Kennedy Elected President
Presient kennedy would prove himself to be and amazing leader. He fought against communism, retained peace, and kept his morales all at the same time. He was saddly assasinated later in his term. -
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Bay of Pigs
Instead of going head to head with castro, Kennedy supplied anti-Castros with guns, ammunitions and supplies to overthrow him. Casto inhailated the exiles and captured all of them. Cuba had military grade weapons and tanks. -
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13 Days (Cuban Missile Crisis)
During these 13 days, everyoone in the whitehouse was on high alert. Kennedy didnt sleep at all. He was up all night every night trying to find a way out of destruction. With the help of his brother bobby and Kenny his special assistant, they made the right choice and avoided the death of millions. -
Blockade
The blockade was encacted when Kennedy got word of Cuba having missiles and planning to set them off. He banmned anyone from comming in to cupply more and let anyone out who was taking missiles back to the USSR. His navy did a great job of blocking anyone from comming in. But they did not suspect the ships to be traveling witha submarine. The sub did pass the blockade line but eventually did trun around, avoinding war. -
Khrushchev announces the removal of missiles from Cubs
Khrushchev agreed to remove his missiles from Cuba so as the unied States removed their missiles from turkey "from under the table". This agreement saved millions of lives and the peace between the USSR, USA, and Cuba was now restored. -
Diem Overthrown/ Murdered
Diem was the first president of South Veitnam.He was arrested and then promised free passage to exile by rebels. But instead of honoring their promise, they assinated Diem and his brother in the back of an armed vehicle. -
Kennedy Assasination
On November 22, 1963, the United states greived the day of death. President keenedy was assasinated in the midst of celbration and parades. His shooter hid in an abandoned building not to far from the festiviites. -
Tet Offensive
Bassically the Tet offensive was during a holiday called Tet in which South Vietnam, the US, and their allies would all cease fire. So it was kinda like a Christmas where all the troops got to come home or got to celebrate. But instead the communist led raids and murdered hundreds or thousands of people. they broke the cease fire act. -
News of Mai Lai Masacre reaches U.S.
my lai massacreIt started out as a search and destroy mission but ended in a full on massacre. They killed old men with bayonets and shot old praying women and tearful children in the back of the head. Finally the luitenant ordered the rebels into a ditch to be shot down by machine guns. -
Mlk slain in Memphis
Martin Luther King was a black rights activist who used the power of speech and faith to change the views of millions of people.He wrote the famous "I have a Dream" speech. He was a strong willed a man, but he was also a trusting and open. He was assisnted at the height of his campaign. Without him, America wouldn't be the way it is today. -
Richard Noxon is elected President
Nixon ran against Kennedy. And while Kennedy did have more experience and more pull of the democras, Catholics, and anti -recessionists, Nixon pulled throlugh with a 17% winning rate. -
Last American Troops Leave Vietnam
IT is ultimately the end of warfor all Americans. Over 58,000 are dead and 1,000 are missing in action and another 1,000 and severly injured. The last man officially to leae Vietnam was Max Beilke. -
Ford Calls Vietnam War "Finished"
Vietnam War is 'Finished" speech by ford"Today, Americans can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by re-fighting a war."
Ford goes on in his speech to ecplain that we are a United Nation and that the U.S. itself wont be fighting but others will.
