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Lease-Fire Signed
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War Powers Act
Amends Section 5of the Trading With The Enemy Act of 1917 so as to provide, aong other things, that during the war or during any other time of national emergency declared by the President. -
Ho Chi Minh takes Power
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Eisenhower Announces Domino Theory
Eisenhower expressed his theory of communism having an effect on surrounding countries, he called this the domino theory. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords was a conference held in Geneva, Switzerland that was meant to solve problems on the Korean penninsula. -
Vietcong formed
Established at the end of 1960, created by the North Vietnamese communists to escalate the armed struggle in South Vietnam. -
JFK Assassination
Was assassinated in Dallas, Tx. JFK was sceptical about going to Dallas (considering he supported equal rights for African Americans) because it was very risky, but he still went. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Name given to America’s sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. -
Ia Drang Valley (Battle)
In November 1965, 450 U.S. soldiers were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. -
Tet Offensive
On January 31, 1968, some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap, leader of the Communist People's Army of Vietnam planned the offensive. N. Korea won. -
My Lai Massacre
Soldiers of Charlie Company, a unit of the Americal Division's 11th Infantry Brigade arrived in the hamlet of My Lai in the northern part of South Vietnam. They were on a “search and destroy” mission to root out 48th Viet Cong Battalion thought to be in the area. -
Richard Nixon Elected
Day of Nixon's inauguration. -
Vietnamization Announced
During a press conference while visiting Guam, the President announced that the U.S. had plans to increase the training of South Vietnamese troops and bring the American soldiers home. -
Kent State Incident
$ Kent State Students were shot and killed at a noon rally by National Guards. -
Paris Peace Talks Begin
talk about "de-escalationg" the war. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon announced that he was resigning on August 8th. but it went into effect at noon the next day. He served fom 1969-1974, one full term and one year of his second. -
Fall of Saigon
The People's Army of Vietnam took over the capital.
