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NOTEWORTHY EVENTS FROM THE “THE VIETNAM WAR” 1954 - 1975
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• Massive anti-war demonstrations held in the U.S.
Thousands of anti-war activists are set to hold rallies in New York and San Francisco to deplore the US military's interventions in the Middle East and North Africa. The United National Anti-war Committee and the Muslim Peace Coalition, representing national and local Muslim organizations in the US, are the main organizers of the major national anti-war rallies at Union Square in New York on Saturday April 9, and in San Francisco on Sunday April 10, one of the organizers, the International Act -
• President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Washington.
Washington seeking more aid from the Pentagon. ..... August 22, 1963 - The new U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrives in ... President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting -
• Diem overthrown
was the first President of South Vietnam (1955–1963). In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a 1955 plebiscite that was widely considered fraudulent. Proclaiming himself the Republic's first President, he demonstrated considerable political skill in the consolidation of his power, and his rule prov -
• JFK and Ngo Dinh Diem meet
In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong. The Kennedy administration had been aware of the coup planning,[3] but Cable 243 from the United States Department of State to U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., stated that it was U.S. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
officially, Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) was a joint resolution which the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 135[1] and the destroyer USS Maddox on August 2 and an alleged second naval engagement between North Vietnamese boats and the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on August 4 in the Tonkin Gulf; both naval actions are known collectively as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Tonkin Gul -
• Operation Rolling Thunder begins
On December 14, 2004 God gave a word and a strategy (Operation Rolling Thunder - ORT) based on Psalm 18 that was heard by four people. It a proven strategy that positions the Church in a city or region to hear God's voice. Today, March 18, 2011, leaders in over 32 nations have utilized the strategy to apply the first two steps King David took when he began to build the kingdom. It empowers leaders to assemble 7 strategic councils while simultaneously mobilizing 24/7 prayer all year long in a -
• MyLai Massacre
(Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [mǐˀ lɐːj]; English pronunciation: /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/ ( listen), also /ˌmiːˈleɪ, ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/,[1] Vietnamese: [mǐˀlaːj]) was the mass murder of 347–504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, conducted by a unit of the United States Army. All of the victims were civilians and most were women, children (including babies), and elderly people. Many of the victims were raped, beaten, tortured, and some of the bodies were found mutilated -
• The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel
The Vietnam War officially ended on January 23, 1973, there was no peace treaty signed, only some worthless pieces of paper that, for lack of a better name, were called 'Peace Accords'. But still to this day it evokes strong feelings in most Americans who are old enough to remember it and in those who served in it. It was the first time in history that the horrors of war were brought right into our own living rooms. I hope and I pray that by the time you have finished reading and viewing these f -
• President Nixon stuns Americans by announcing U.S. and South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia
President Nixon stuns Americans by announcing a U.S. and South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia
