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Vietnam Declares Independence
Ho-Chi-Minh makes declaration speech, and uses quotes from the US constitution. -
Geneva Accords are Assembled
This agreement seperated Vietnam into a North and a South territory. -
President Eisenhower is Re-Elected
President Eisenhower is re-elected after beating out Adlai Stevenson. -
NLF is Organized
The National Liberation Front is organized. This political and militarial organization was also referred to as the Viet Cong. It fought the US. -
JFK is Elected
John F. Kennedy was ecpected president. He was the first Catholic president. -
JFK is assasinated and LBJ becomes president
Kennedy is assinated and pronounced dead 4 hours later. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president while on Air Force One. -
President Johnson is Re-Elected
President Lyndon B. Johnson is re-elected for a second term after he became president after JFK's assasination. -
First US ground troops reach Vietnam
3,500 US Marines land in South Vietnam, These are the first troops to arrive in Vietnam. -
Viet Cong Launch Tet Offensive
The Viet Cong launch a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian command centers in South Vetnam. -
Nixon is Elected President
President Richard Nixon is elected president. -
Vietnam Moratorium Committee stages largest DC protest
500,000 demonstraters against the war silently walked through DC protesting the war. -
Nixon Orders Invasion of Cambodia
This invasion was made to defeat 40,000 Viet Cong and PAVN North Vietnamese troops. This goal was to be accomplished by a series of attacks, bombings and battles. -
US Ends Involvement in War
The American troops are withdrawn. Nixon gives end of war speech. A ceasfire with North Vietnam is created, and they release all of their American hostages
