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President Eisenhower increased aid to South Vietnam's army during the attack of the Vietcong
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President Kennedy took office and supported the policy for South Vietnam
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Presidnet Kennedy sent more aid to Vietnam. the number grew from 2,000 soldiers to 15,000. But it still wasn't enough
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U.S. Air Forces being using agent orange; a defoilant to expose roads and trails used by the Vietcong army
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President Kennedy was assasinated during the early stages of the Vietnam war, which left many Americans with questions about what would be done in Vietnam
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On August 2, North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired 2 American destroyers in the gulf of Tonkin
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The Senate and House passed the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" authorizing the president to take all necessary actions to repel any armed attack.
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NVA attacked the American fort of Pleiku in South Vietnam and killed 7 people and over 100 wounded
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Operation Rolling Thunder was an air strike that lasted about 3 years.
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March 1965, was ther first time the U.S. started using combat troops in Vietnam to fight side by side with the South Vietnamese army
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In effort to disrupt the main passage that North Vietnam used to transport supplies and other thing was bombed on by the U.S. It was the first time America had bombed North Vietnam
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Veterans from WWl,WWll, and Korean war held up an anti-war rally in NYC
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16 thousand U.S. troops and 14 thousand South Vietnam troops unite forces to fight against Vietcong operations in Saigon. A huge ring of tunels were found.
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North Vietnam tried to catch the US military off guard, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces sweep down upon several key cities and provinces in South Vietnam
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It was a 26 day battle where the U.S. and South Vietnam tried to regain control of areas already seized by the Tet Offensive
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LBJ announces that he won't run for another term at the presidency.
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MLK is assassinated outside a hotel in Menphis, Tennessee by a sniper
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President Nixon gave the go ahead on Operation Breakfast which included bombing parts of Cambodia without telling congress or the American public
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The capitol building in washington was struck by a bomb, planted in protest for the invasion of Laos
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At the university of Kent State the national guard shot and killed for studens and wounded 9 all just for protesting the war
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The number of troops in Vietnam falls to 280 thousand
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The U.S.troops attack launch heavy air strike on Loas and Cambodia against NVA supplies
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Nixon cuts down the number of troops overseas by 70 thousand
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During peace talk the U.S. troops bomed large supply and petroleum dumps in Hanoi and Haipong
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The treaty to stop all war is signed and the war is officially over
