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The Vietnam formed to counter the Japanese invasion
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A war broke out between the French and Vietnamese
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Chine allows the Vietnamese to practice fighting and trainging away from the French attacks
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Diem became President of SOuth Vietnam in October and the US agreed to train his army
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Diem started arresting anyone who he thought were on North Vietnam's side
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The NLF which was the National Liberation Font was formed but in the SOuth they were known as the Vietcong or VC
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President Kennedy sends extra aid over to South Vietnam
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President Diem was killed in military comp. After his death, 15,000 military advisors were sent away into South Vietnam
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Operation Rolling Thunder was beginning. US combat troops were sent to South Vietnam and at the end of the year, there were over 200,000 troops there.
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Perry and other soldiers will be in Vietnam in less than an hour
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Much talk about going to Hawaii and war suppose to be ending soon
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Perry writes his first letter to his mom saying he is okay and everything is fine, even though he is not fine at all.
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Jenkins died while stepping on a land mine
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Perry and some of the other soldiers go into the towns of Vietnam and make friends with some Vietnamese and their children
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Perry and the others finally realize that the war will not be ending soon and there will be no Hawaii
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Perry notices he needs to handle death and lost of others in a military way
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In Paris, there were many meetings about starting peace between the Vietnamese. 540,000 US troops were in Vietnam now
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The Peace Treaty was signed in Paris and the last of the US were realesed back to there homes