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The Vietnamese take over the french outpost of Dien Bien Phu. The French lost many soliders and were forced to admit defeat to the Vietnamese.
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The date is not exact, but in October the Viet Minh was lauching a campaign in South Vietnam for war.
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American soliders build the trail in order to bring supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam.
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The National Liberation Front or Vietcong, establishes itself in South Vietnam.
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This was when America took Southern Vietnamese soliders to Saigon in efforts to defeat the Vietcong. It was also America's first mission against the Vietcong.
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When President Kennedy was assasinated, his vice president Lyndon Johnson had to take control of the problem going down in Vietnam.
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Two U.S. dystroyers were bombed by the North Vietnamese.
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It was in the response to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. By signing the resolution, President Johnson gave the "OK" to go into South Vietnam and eliminate the enemy.
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American Soliders bomb Vietnam in order to stop North Vietnam from promoting the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
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American Soliders were on the ground of Vietnam in search for the location of the "Iron Triangle"and dystroy it.
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North Vietnam and the Viet Cong made a group of surprise attacks on the United States and South Vietnamese army during the "cease fire" agreement.
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American Soliders killed hundreds of innocent men, women, and children in a small village in South Vietnam. After this incident, many people argued that the war should end.
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It was probably the largest protest in United States History. People were tired of seeing their friends and loved ones go into war and die and simply wanted them to come home.
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This document tried to create peace between North and South Vietnam to end the war and have the United States Army back down from the war as well.
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The last of the U.S. troops leave Vietnam in hopes that the two sides will come to an agreement.
