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US aids France
The United States contribute $2.6 billion to France war efforts -
New president
Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office -
The French lose
The French lose their eight-year struggle to regain Vietnam -
SEATO is formed
The United States and seven other countries formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization -
French Surrender
After suffering some 15,000 casualties, the French surrender -
Vietnam War Starts
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Call for free elections
The accords call for free elections to unify Vietnam -
Election
JFK is elected -
Troops are sent
JFK sent special forces troops to South Vietnam to advise the Army of the Republic of Vietnam on more effective ways to fight the communist forces. -
Vietnam fighting
more than 15,000 American advisors were fighting in Vietnam -
Diem Removed from power
Diem is removed from power and later assassinated -
Clash between school and police
student activism led to a clash with administrators and police in 1964 -
first crisis in Vietnam is faced
President Johnson faced his first crisis in Vietnam. North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the American destroyer USS Maddox. -
Airstrikes
US airstrikes hammered North Vietnam and Vietcong strong points in South Vietnam. -
Deaths
there were 184,300 troops in Vietnam and only 636 American soldiers had died. -
Marines Defend
U.S. Marines arrived to defend the air base at Da Nang. -
Stalemate
War developed into a stalemate -
divided into two camps
Congress and most of America divided into two camps: hawks and doves -
MLK speaks
At a New York church, king said that the war was hurting both blacks and whites. -
Deaths escalate
more than half a mill u.s. troops in Vietnam and 30,000 had died. -
Communist offensive
North Vietnamese Army hit Khe Sanh in northwest south Vietnam -
My Lai
Lieutenant William Calley's unit began shooting and killed unarmed civilians -
President addresses the nation on national TV
President addressed that bombing would be limited on TV -
MLK is killed
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Robert Kennedy is killed
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Selective service system adopts lottery
the selective service adopts a lottery that was designed to eliminate deferment abuses and create a more diverse army of draftees -
Richard Nixon takes office
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Rally
Antiwar rally in downtown New York City, construction workers decided to demonstrate carrying American flags and chanting "All the Way USA" -
Publication of the Pentagon papers
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Paris Peace Accords
The U.S.,south, Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the vietcong signed the Paris Peace Accords -
Vietnam war ends