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Viet Minh defeated the French colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Puh.
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South Vietnamese monarchy was abolished and Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem became president of a new South Vietnamese republic.
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The U.s Senate approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The United States Marines became first American combat troops to lan in South Vietnam.
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Four of the Phantons escorting the bombing raid at Kang Chi became the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the such attack against American planes in war.
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Operation Starlite began as the first major American ground battle of war.
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The House of Un-American Activities Committee began investigations of Americans who were suspected of aiding the Viet Cong.
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When the enemy , supposedly on the verge of collapse, mounted the Tet Offensive (named after Tet Nguyen Dan)
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A suspected Viet Cong officer was summarily executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan.
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The resulting blow to the Johnson campaign led the President to make a surprise announcent that he was pulling out of race.
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Us representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy began secret peace negotiations at the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris.
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American President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.
