Tommy Hathcock's Vietnam War Project By thathcock1 Apr 30, 1954 Viet Minh defeated the frech colonist and got the colony of North Vietnam Apr 30, 1955 South Vietnames monarch was no longer in tack and Ngo Dinh Diem became president of South Vietnam Apr 30, 1956 Elections were supposed to be held to unify the two rebublic but the elections never took place Apr 29, 1964 Small movements in the U.S. were taking place Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resoultion was confirmed Mar 8, 1965 U.S marine ships were sent to South Vietnam Jul 24, 1965 F-4C Phantoms were carring bombs were attacked by American planes Aug 18, 1965 U.S. Started deploying troops on the ground Aug 16, 1966 The Un-American Activities Committee began investigating people who might be aiding the Viet Kong and to make it illegal Jan 30, 1968 North Vietnam was on the verge of collapsing mounted the Tet Offensive Apr 30, 1968 500,000 U.S. troops were in South Vietnam Jul 2, 1976 North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and made it the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
