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After the Viet Mihn deafeted the french colonial army, at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the colony gained independence.
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the begining of the Vietnam war
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In 1955 the south vietnamese monarchy was abolished and a Prime Minister became President
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signers of the geneva accords hoped that elections would bring the two republics together but the election was never held.
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The us senate approved the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution, which gave support to the president to escalate U.S. involvment in the Vietnam war.
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United States Marines became the first American combat troops 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 missles in the first such attack against American planes in thwe war
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the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrived in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
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OPeration Starlite began as the first major American ground battle of the war when 5,500 US Marines destroyed a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong penninsula in Quang Ngai Province.
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over 500,000 troops were stationed in south vietnam
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The U.S. Military left South Vietnam
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American President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam war draft evaders
