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French defeat at Dien Bien Phu leads to Geneva negotiations. Geneva Agreements divide Vietnam at 17th parallel, with national elections to be held in two years.
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The first US advisors are sent to Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army.
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First two Americans are killed during a Viet Minh guerillas strike at Bien Hoa
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John F Kennedy is inaugurated as president and vows to protect liberty at all costs. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1961.html
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American destroyer is attacked by North Vietnemese patrol boats. No Americans were killed the Maddox did not sustain any severe damage.
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The United States begins first bombing campaign. Operation Rolling Thunder last Three years.
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3,500 marines arrive at China beach. The troops were sent to defend the US airbase at Da Nang.
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Viet Cong launch huge offensive on almost all of South Vietnam cities. The battle is a military defeat for the North, but images from the battle are recored and broadcast on American news channels. The public is outraged, creating a political and psycological victory. This created a desire to find a non-military resolution to the conflict. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1965.html
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Richard Nixon was Inaugurated as president. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1969.html
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Nixon orders that troops be withdrawn reducing number of troops to 280,00 down from 675,000 in July of 1967.
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"President Nixon stuns Americans by announcing incursion into Cambodia "...not for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia but for the purpose of ending the war in Vietnam." Generates a tidal wave of protest by politicians, the press, students,."
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National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nineIn response to the killings, over 400 colleges and universities across America shut down.
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President Nixon announces "the end is in sight."
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All U.S. combat forces have been withdrawn from Vietnam and all U.S. prisoners released
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated to the 58,183 Americans killed during the war.
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