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Eisenhower doesnt know if it is a good idea for the US to fight in the war, he wants to resist, and ends up giving in after a little while.
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French lose to North Vietnam when trying to get indonisia back, North vietnam then goes on to have a full powered comunist country. This battle went on for 55 days and left many killed and even more injured.
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Kennedy defeats Nixon and becomes our 35th president, while still in the Vietnam War.
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North Vietnam attack US Destoryers that were sitting in international waters
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The congress passed this resolution so President Johnson could take any measures he thought were necessary to fight back and get the international peace and security back again.
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Johnson takes many votes and wins the presidental election by a landslide.
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The US has theyre first combat units sent to Vietnam.
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The U.S. troops finally retake Route 9, ending the siege of Khe Sanh. The siege of Khe Sanh was a 77 day battle. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War to that point. Over 1600 were killed
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The US had over 540,000 troops in Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh dies, whick makes US troops happy. HE was a communis icon after his death for many years, and still is to this day.
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Nixon withdraws over 20,000 of the us troops
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President Nixon resigns, this then leaves south vietnam without its largest advocate.
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South Vietnams 3rd largest city, called Hue fell to the North Vietnam army.
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South Vietnam surrendered to the comunists!!
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At 4:03 a.m., two U.S. Marines were killed in a rocket attack. This was at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport. Surprisingly enough they were the last two american killed during this war. A few hours later, looters ransack the embassy, North Vietnamese tanks role into Saigon, and they ended the war. Over 100,000 people were killed.
