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Japan surrendered at the end of World War 2 and Ho Chi Minh took control of Vietnam and declared it independent.
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After the viet Minh defeated the french in 1954, the colony was granted independence.
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John F. Kenedy sent "military advisors" to Vietnam to help train south vietnamese soliders.
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Us Navy ships were supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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The Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave president Johnson permission to get the US more invloved in the war, was approved by the US senate.
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The first american troops to land in South Vietnam were 3,500 United States Marienes.
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5,500 US marines destroyed a Viet Cong stronghold during Operation Starlite, the first major american ground battle.
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The House of Un-American Activities committee started investigations of people who were thought to be aiding the Viet Cong.
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Australia and New Zealand decided to remove their troops from Vietnam.
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US involvement in the Vietnam conflict ended with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.
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The captital of South Vietnam fell to the north, who runited it under communist rule, thus ending the Vietnam War.
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President Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders.
