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time between the vietnam war
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The air force uses agent orange to clear out forests. Agent orange is a chemical that deforms things that it touches. the vietnameise people would touch the agent orange and deform, thats why we don't use it ay more.
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John F. Kennedy gets assassinated.
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north vietnam is bombed by rolling thunder air ships.(B-52)
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Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed: Sustained American bombing raids of North Vietnam, dubbed Operation Rolling Thunder, begin in February. The nearly continuous air raids would go on for three years.
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Operation Cedar Falls Begins: In a major ground war effort dubbed Operation Cedar Falls, about 16,000 US and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops set out to destroy Vietcong operations and supply sites near Saigon. A massive system of tunnels is discovered in an area called the Iron Triangle, an apparent headquarters for Vietcong personnel.
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Running on a platform of "law and order," Richard Nixon barely beats out Hubert Humphrey for the presidency.
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Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia: In an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia, President Nixon gives the go-ahead to "Operation Breakfast." The covert bombing of Cambodia, conducted without the knowledge of Congress or the American public, will continue for fourteen months.
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Responding to charges by Democratic presidential candidates that he is not moving fast enough to end US involvement in Vietnam, President Nixon orders troop strength reduced by seventy thousand.
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