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Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sargeant Chester M. Ovnand become the first Americans to die in the Vietnam War during the guerilla strike at Bienhoa
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Vietcong Formed also called The National Liberation Front for South Vietnam
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Operation Chopper: America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.
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1963 Battle of Ap Bac where the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnamese Army
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3 North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox named the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Bombing raids on North Vietnam commence referred to as 'Operation Rolling Thunder'. The air raids continue for three years
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My Lai village Massacre by US troops
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The death of Ho Chi Minh
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US forces apply pressure on North Vietnam by heavy bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
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1973 A cease-fire agreement is signed in Paris
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Info courtesy from: http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/06-vietnam-war-timeline.htm
Pictures courtesy of google images
