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The first account of American deaths in what would become the Vietnam War, are recorded
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This was the first time that there was an orginized protest against the war that involved a massave number of people
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Students burn draft cards in protest of the war
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Thousands of americans march to Washington to protest the vietnam war
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The very unpopular draft was used to enlist 206000 more troops much to the protest of the american public
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American troops masacare hundreds of women and children in the city of My Lai.
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At this point, tentions are rising and people are starting to get really frusterated and want to get out of vietnam
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In April of 1969, the death toll exceeded the amount of deaths that were recorded in the korean war (33629)
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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
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4 students are killed and 9 are injured by the national guard on the kent state campus while protesting the war.
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the 1971 congress voted to start the process of troop removal from vietnam
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Nixon gets involved with the watergate scandal which eventually leads to his resignation
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North, South vietnam and the Unites States sign a peace treety and the Unites states begins to pull troops home
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North Vietnam reslieses its POWs to the United States
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The war is offically declared over. Over 3 million served in its entirety and over 60,000 died in the process
