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US sends military supplies over to vietnam for french to use.
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US sends WWII surplus materials and supplies over to french, who are in control in Vietnam, until when they pull out of vietnam in 1954.
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the french leave vietnam once they start being defeated.
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Kennedy sends advisors to vietnam
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first regular troops sent in.
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US military troops fight in Vietnam
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Turning Point of the War. all-out offensive on N. Vietnamese and S. Vietnamese.
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"Peace With Honor", we slowly take troups out of Vietnam so they can fight their own battle.
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There is a protest at Kent State because of this. Four students killed.
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Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg further discredited the government by telling what was really happening in Vietnam and that the government had been lying to them the entire time.
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Last TROOPS pull out.
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President Must notify Congress within 48 hours of deployment. President must withdrawl forces within 60 days without explicite congressional support.
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The last ten US marines leave Vietnam, concluding US involvement in Vietnam.
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All Vietnam under communist rule. 3.1 million military and civilians killed in war.
