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Ho Chi Minh pens a letter to President Harry S. Truman, asking him for the support of the United States in gaining independence for Vietnam
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The Vietnam War was an effort by the USA to confront and contain the spread of Communism in South Vietnam
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The U.S. destroyer, Maddox, was fired on by North Vietnamese torpedo or so they thought, bringing the U.S. into war
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A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam
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Committed by U.S soldiers, a mass shooting, killing around 347-504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam
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President Richard Nixon announces his plan for "Vietnamization" of the war—that is, training and transitioning South Vietnamese troops to assume the roles that have been fulfilled by American troops—and promises to withdraw 25,000 American soldiers.
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On the second day of anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University, students torch the R.O.T.C. building on campus. In response, the mayor of Kent, Ohio asks the governor to call in the National Guard.
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Twenty-nine guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, in result of protesting against the war
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North Vietnam releases nearly 600 American POWs
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Nixon declares the war in Vietnam to end and U.S troops slowly withdraw
