Second Half of Vietnam War By obo72 May 16, 1953 Korean War Ends http://bcds11.tumblr.com/ May 17, 1963 End of the 1st Half of the Vietnam War <a href='http://bcds4.tumblr.com/' Mar 8, 1965 First American troops deployed in Vietnam First American troops deployed in Vietnam Jan 16, 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson meets with South Vietnamese leahders May 16, 1968 North Vietnamese and Vietcong capture several key cities May 16, 1969 New U.S. policy to shift burden onto the South Vietnamese Army and away from the United States. Aug 18, 1972 Last Troops Leave Vietnam May 17, 2012 End of Korean War Korean War