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Vietminh defeated the french colony.
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The 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 then approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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3500 marines became the first american combat roops 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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The North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong launched a massive campaign called the Tet Offensive,
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Protests against the war and the military draft grew increasingly violent, resulting in police brutality outside the Democratic National Convention.
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By this year, 500,000 Ameriacn soldiers were stationed in Vietnam.
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Due to protesting, four students were shot by the national guard as they fired on the crowd at Kent University.
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Between Vietnam and U.S.
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After cease fire was signed
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The South Vietnamese capital fell to the North, who reunited the country as communist after, thus bringing an end to the Vietnam War.
