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U.S gets involved with Vietnam
President Harry Tramen gives $15 million dollars in military to the French -
U.S creates Military Assistnce
The U.S creates Military Assistance Advisory Group known as the MAAG in Saigon to aid French -
French Surrender
French surrender and those who were still alive were prison in camps . -
Viet Minn Guerrillas attack
The Viet Min Guerillas bomb and assasinate more then 300 South Vietnamese. -
U.S Military Advisors killed
Two of the U.S Military advisors were sent to help the South Vietnamese deffend themselves but are attacked by the Viet Minn Guerrillas at Bien Hoa leading to Vietnam War. -
Foreign Assistance Act 1962
Kennedy signs act that assist other countries that are under attack and are not able to defend themselves, -
Kennedys letter
Kennedy sends letter stating that the United states will help Vitnam gain their independence back. -
Kennedy is Assasinated
Kennedy is killed in dallas, makeing Lyndon B Johnson the new President -
U.S Embassy Attacked
The Viet Cong terrorist bombed the U.S Embassy in Saigon. -
Attack of U.S.S Maddox
North Vietnam attacked U.S.S Maddox in golf of Tonkin -
China's Bomb
China creates their first atomic bomb. -
Battle of La Drang Valley
The battle oF La Drang Valley becomes the fisrt major battle that accured while in the vietnam war. -
Income Tax in the United States
The war is becoming extremly expensive and the only way to get money for those expenses are to create an income tax for the goods being bought back home. At this point the U.S was in great debt. -
Nixon President
Nixon ebcomes the next president, many people argued about his victory and many believed he cheated his way into precidency. -
Lottery Draft
At this point the war was not close to being over and many people were not volunterring to go to war. Because of so many deaths the Army needed men to fight the war, thats when they created the lottery draft were they would randamly select people to go to war by a number that they were given or by birthdays. -
Paris Peace Accord
At this point every country go together to negotiate a solution because it seemed that the war would neevr end and many deaths were rising. This document was sign by the U.S, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Viet Cong. -
War is over
After many years and many devistating deaths the war finally came to an end. But the U.S was still in great debt.
