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This started a war that lasted 55 days and 3,000 french soldiers were killed as a result. This was the beginning of the Vietnam War
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This consisted of airplane attacks and targeted 1,000 south vietnamese soldiers.
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The U.S. resolves the Gulf of Tonkin problem, giving President Johnson the power to do whatever he can to defend southeast Asia.
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South Vietnamese attacked the northern section of Vietnam, causeing deep rooted emotional combat.
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The Vietnamese destroy 2 United States Airplanes. There were earlier attacks on barges six hours before, warning the airports.
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This was the first major battle of the Vietnam war, America won and 700 Vietcong died.
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the Marine Base at Khe Sanh was attacked at 5:30 A.M. killing 18 Americans.
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American Marines reply to previous attacks with heavy bombing of civilians in North Vietnam. They attack the base at Khe Sanh while americans bomb their forces.
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by order of the President, the U.S. drops more than 20,000 bombs killing large masses of vietcong.
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After 58,000 American soldiers were killed throughout the war, the last of the american soldiers pull their forces from Vietnam except the military advisors.
