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First American Deaths
The first account of American deaths in what would become the Vietnam War, are recorded -
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Vietnam War
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First Mass Protest Against Vietnam
This was the first time that there was an orginized protest against the war that involved a massave number of people -
Students Burn Draft Cards
Students burn draft cards in protest of the war -
March on the Pentagon
Thousands of americans march to Washington to protest the vietnam war -
206,000 Troops Drafted
The very unpopular draft was used to enlist 206000 more troops much to the protest of the american public -
My Lai Battle
American troops masacare hundreds of women and children in the city of My Lai. -
American Death Toll- 22,951
At this point, tentions are rising and people are starting to get really frusterated and want to get out of vietnam -
More Deaths than Korean War
In April of 1969, the death toll exceeded the amount of deaths that were recorded in the korean war (33629) -
543,000 In Vietnam
This is the highest amount of troops in vietnam in the war, Soon, they start to pull the troops out and start to train the locals to fight their own battles -
Kent State Killings
4 students are killed and 9 are injured by the national guard on the kent state campus while protesting the war. -
Congress Votes To Withdrawl
the 1971 congress voted to start the process of troop removal from vietnam -
Watergate
Nixon gets involved with the watergate scandal which eventually leads to his resignation -
Ceasefire Signed
North, South vietnam and the Unites States sign a peace treety and the Unites states begins to pull troops home -
600 POWs Relesed
North Vietnam reslieses its POWs to the United States -
WAR IS OVER!
The war is offically declared over. Over 3 million served in its entirety and over 60,000 died in the process
