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President Harry Tramen gives $15 million dollars in military to the French
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The U.S creates Military Assistance Advisory Group known as the MAAG in Saigon to aid French
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French surrender and those who were still alive were prison in camps .
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The Viet Min Guerillas bomb and assasinate more then 300 South Vietnamese.
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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.
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Kennedy signs act that assist other countries that are under attack and are not able to defend themselves,
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Kennedy sends letter stating that the United states will help Vitnam gain their independence back.
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Kennedy is killed in dallas, makeing Lyndon B Johnson the new President
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The Viet Cong terrorist bombed the U.S Embassy in Saigon.
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North Vietnam attacked U.S.S Maddox in golf of Tonkin
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China creates their first atomic bomb.
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The battle oF La Drang Valley becomes the fisrt major battle that accured while in the vietnam war.
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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.
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Nixon ebcomes the next president, many people argued about his victory and many believed he cheated his way into precidency.
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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.
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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.
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After many years and many devistating deaths the war finally came to an end. But the U.S was still in great debt.