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Viet Minh, defeated the French colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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The Geneva Accords declared a cease-fire and divided Vietnam officially into North Vietnam (under Ho and his Communist forces) and South Vietnam
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ruled by Ho Chi Minh, while the latter would be under the control of Emperor Bao Dai.
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Some signers of the Geneva accords hoped that elections to unify the two republics could be scheduled to take place
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U.S. president John F. Kennedy sent American “military advisors” to Vietnam to help train the South Vietnamese army,
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The U.S. Senate then approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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3,500 United States Marines became the first American combat troops to land in South Vietnam
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four F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi became the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war.
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nearly 400,000 U.S. troops where in veitnam
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over 500,000 troops were stationed there,
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The War Powers Act greatly curtailed the President's ability to commit troops to action without first obtaining Congressional approval
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American President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.