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Japan Surrendered
Japan surrendered and vietname claimed their independence. -
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French Involvement
After the japanese surrendered the french took over in trying to take over vietnam. They were there until they were defeated in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. -
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US Occupies Vietnam
This is the period of time we are fighting in the Vietnam war. During this time we were in vietnam wheater that meant troops or green barrets were there. -
French Were Defeated In Dien Bien Fu
This was the battle where Ho Chi Mins forces defeated the French and signaled the end of French Influence in Vietnam. -
Americans Killed In Guerillas
First two Americans are killed during a Viet Minh guerillas strike at Bien Hoa, were two military advisors -
Green Barrets
President Kennedy sends 400 American Green Beret 'Special Advisors' to South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese soldiers in methods of 'counter-insurgency' in the fight against Viet Cong guerrillas. -
Gulf Of Tonkin
two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina -
Congress Said We Could Go Into Vietnam
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive. Though U.S. and South Vietnamese forces managed to hold off the Communist attacks, news coverage of the offensive (including the lengthy Battle of Hue) shocked and dismayed the American public and further eroded support for the war effort. Was the turning point of war and changed public opinion -
My Lai massacre
On this day in 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kill between 200 and 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam. -
Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration Held- Protests
On Nov. 15, 1969, the Vietnam Moratorium Committee staged what is believed to be the largest antiwar protest in United States history when as many as half a million people attended a mostly peaceful demonstration in Washington. Smaller demonstrations were held in a number of cities and towns across the country. -
Cambodian Invasion
INvasion Into Cambodia to take out the supply line, thought that vietnamese would have a chance. -
Kent Stater Protest
People at Kent state were protesting the war, especially the Cambodian and Laos invasion. Two students were killed in the protest -
Easter Offensive
Was a battle that the U.S. tried to use to win the war. We heavily bombed vietnam to try and kill North Vietnamese soldiers without Killing us. It did not end up working out as well as we thought and they enfded up winning the war. -
Last American Soldiers Leave Vietnam
The last American combat soldiers leave South Vietnam, though military advisors and Marines, who are protecting U.S. installations, remain. For the United States, the war is officially over. Of the more than 3 million Americans who have served in the war, almost 58,000 are dead, and over 1,000 are missing in action. Some 150,000 Americans were seriously wounded.
