Major events of vietnam war 1950-1973

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  • First shipload of U.S. arms aid to pro-French Vietnam arrives

    First shipload of U.S. arms aid to pro-French Vietnam arrives

    First shipload of U.S. arms aid to pro-French Vietnam arrives
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    Major events of vietnam war 1950-1974

  • Viet Minh overrun French fortress at Dien Bien Phu

  • President Eisenhower's administration sends the first U.S. advisers to South Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army

    President Eisenhower's administration sends the first U.S. advisers to South Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army

  • Two Americans are killed and one wounded during a Viet Minh attack 20 miles north of Saigon

    Two Americans are killed and one wounded during a Viet Minh attack 20 miles north of Saigon

  • Death of JFK

    Death of JFK

  • Gulf of tonkin incident

    Gulf of tonkin incident

  • Gulf of tonkin resolution. All military powers to president.

  • 200,000 troops sent to vietnam

  • 1965 - The US Congress provided $2.4 Billion for the Vietnam war effort, with little dissent in the US House or Senate

  • Battle of la drang valley

    Battle of la drang valley

  • Communists start Tet Offensive which escalates into one of the major battles of the war

  • My Lai Massacre

  • Expanded peace talks open in Paris with representatives of the US, S. Vietnam, N. Vietnam, and the National Liberation Front (NLF)

  • Ho Chi Minh dies

    Ho Chi Minh dies

  • The first draft lottery in 27 years was held at Selective Service Headquarters in Washington, DC

  • President Nixon sent US forces into Cambodia

  • 4 Kent State college students were shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest on the campus.

    4 Kent State college students were shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest on the campus.

  • LT Calley convicted for the My Lai Massacre

  • End of vietnam war.

    End of vietnam war.

  • President nixon resigns. Gerald ford sworn in.

    President nixon resigns. Gerald ford sworn in.

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