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Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own men, who were his Generals, at a coup d’état with the support of U.S. officials -
U.S. destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin, were thought to be attacked by Northern Vietnamese by a torpedo. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson submits the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to Congress. This resolution allows the President to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States.” -
During the Vietnamese New Year holiday of Tet, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces sent 85.000 troops to southern Vietnam to assault them -
CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite, is live and announces to the audience, “It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past.” U.S. Pres. Lyndon Johnson said in response to Walter, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”. -
Around 500 unarmed men, women, and children were slaughtered by american troops under the orders of William Calley. -
"Millions of people across the United States take to the streets to protest the continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The antiwar demonstrations represent the largest public protests in U.S. history to date." Paper by Michael Ray
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There were many college students protesting in Kent State University. The protesting got very large and the Ohio National Guard was trying to suppress the protest then a Guard open fired on the protesters, killing four collage students and injuring nine.
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In Paris, representatives from The United States, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam meet and they all agree to end the war and to reunite peacefully. The terms were, "U.S. troops are to be withdrawn within 60 days and the 17th parallel will remain the dividing line until the country can be reunited by peaceful means."
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U.S. troops are completely out of Vietnam. In over a decade of fighting, about 58,000 U.S. troops have been killed. Vietnamese casualties include more than 200,000 South Vietnamese troops and more than 1,000,000 North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong irregulars. Civilian deaths total as many as 2,000,000.
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"The American Radio Service network begins to broadcast the prerecorded message that the temperature in Saigon is '105 degrees and rising' followed by a 30-second excerpt from the song “White Christmas.” This signals the emergency evacuation of troops. Over the next 24 hours, some 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese are flown to safety. The following morning, North Vietnamese troops enter downtown Saigon and the South Vietnamese government surrenders unconditionally." - by Michael Ray