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The US engaged in extreme usage of chemical weapons during the war when JFK was president. Agent orange, one of the main chemicals used, was an herbicide used to clear vegetation in vietnam. The chemical has had lasting effects on the health of Vietnamese and American soldiers. This happened throught out the war. -
This happened during LBJ's presidency. This was a naval event where the US launched attacks on North Vietnam. This allowed LBJ to make whatever decision possible to maintain peace and security in Asia. -
This was an operation that occured in the Vietnam war in efforts to beat north vietnam. The goal was to drop bombs by air force. This made LBJ order to stop air strikes on north vietnam. LBJ was president. -
This is when the US first decided to join the Vietnam War. They added 25,000 men to the allies in south vietnam. LBJ was president at the time. -
When LBJ was president the tet offensive occurred. The Tet Offensive was the attacks on South Vietnam in about 100 different cities. The main purpose was to create a rebellion against south Vietnamese soldiers -
This occured when LBJ's presidency. This was a mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese citizens by US troops. The intension of this was to clear a landing for Charlie Company’s helicopters. But it actually just forced civilians back into My Lai. -
Vietnamization was created under the presidency of Richard Nixon and was put into place in 1969. It was a policy put into place to withdraw American troops from Vietnam so that South Vietnam would take the management and leadership of the war.The effects of this policy led south vietnam in a decrease of troops and left them with not as many materials as they needed. -
The selective service system of the US started to draft men to be apart of the troops that were went to Vietnam. This is when LBJ was president. This angered a lot of people because they didn't want to get involved in the war. -
This invasion took place in Nixon's presidency. Nixon's plan was to invade Eastern Cambodia because they were a weak country and the US was able to have a safe zone here because of its borders. -
This occurred during Nixon's presidency. Daniel Ellsberg released top secret information to the New York Times, whom then released a series of articles criticising the U.S.’s involvement in the war and revealing some of the worst secrets from the Pentagon Papers. -
President Nixon saw to stop the war in the Paris Peace Accords. This ended the US involvement in the war. North Vietnam agreed to ceasefire but where still planning to take over South Vietnam. -
The stronghold called Saigon falls to people's army of vietnam and vietcong causing the south vietnamese forces to collapse and the advancement of the north vietnamese. This caused the end of the war. This occured when Nixon was president.