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Communists take power in China
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Period: to
Vietnam War
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The Korean War begins
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President Eisenhower sends military advisers to South Vietnam
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Two North Vietnamese gun boats were said to have attacked and American Destroyer
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Full-scale American military intervention begins
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North Vietnam and the Vietcong launch the Tet Offensive
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American support for the war plummets
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Johnson decides to extricate the U.S. from Vietnam
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The Paris Peace Accords called for an end to the fighting
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Saigon falls to Communists
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Americans flee Saigon
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Vietnam institues free-market reforms
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President Clinton lifts the U.S. trade embargo with Vietnam
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Diplomatic relations are restored between the U.S. and Vietnam
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Commander Hung Ba Le, who was a Vietnamese-American, led a U.S. Navy ship to make a goodwill visit to Vietnam