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Geneva Conference
was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose was to attempt to find a way to unify Korea and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
Agent Orange
The US bering to drop Agent Orange, a defoliating herbicide, the prevent the use of some roads and trails by Viet Cong -
Johnson Announces He Will Not Run Again
President Johnson announces a unilateral bombing halt. At the end ofthe speech, Johnson stuns the nation by announcing that he will not runfor a second full term as president. -
Viet Cong Seize Hamlets
Five hundred Viet Cong troops cross the border and seize three strategic hamlets. They are forced to withdraw after a 14 hour gun fight with ARVN (the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam). They lose 100 men, while ARVN loses 4. -
Tonkin Resolution
it was responds to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron and the destroyer USS Maddox it gave the President authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia -
First Major US Offensive
The first major US offensive action of the war is taken by 3000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Division and 800 Australian troops. The troops are to sweep Zone D, north of Saigon. The sweep fails to make any contact withthe Viet Cong. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division. The four objectives of the operation (which evolved over time) were to boost the sagging morale of the Saigon regime in the Republic of Vietnam, to persuade North Vietnam to cease its support for the communist insurgency in South Vietnam without actually taking any ground forces into communist North Vietnam, to destroy North Vietnamese transportation system, industrial base, and air defenses, and to cease the flow of men and material into -
Marines Land on Da Nang
3,500 US Marines land at Da Nang to help provide security for the Da Nang Air Base. -
US Forces Increase to 125,000
President Johnson announces an increase in US military forces in Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. He also announces an increase in the monthly draft from 17,000 to 35,000. On July 29th, the first 4,000 paratroopers of the 101st airborne division arrive in Vietnam. -
Bombing Halts
The United States halts the bombing of North Vietnam. During the halt, the US engages in a massive peace offensive aimed at finding a diplomatic settlement to the war. The North Vietnamese do not recipricate and, after 37 days, President Johnson announces that the bombing will resume. -
Record Number of US Planes Downed
Fuel dumps and truck parks are hit around Hanoi. A record eight US planesare downed, bringing US aircraft losses over North Vietnam to a total of 435 planes. -
US Victory in Hills Around Khe sanh
In one of the fiercest battles of the war, US marines defeat North Vietnamese troops on the hills near the airstrip at Khe Sanh. The US troops benefit from massive air support. During the battle, 160 US servicemen are killedand 764 men wounded - half the effective fighting force. The Communists lose over 940 men as the US forces capture their position. -
First Bombing of Haiphong
US aircraft bomb Haiphong for the first time, with 86 planes taking part in the raid. Previously raids on Haiphong had been detered by the fear of hitting foreign ships -
Tet Offensive
videoA military campaign launched by the People’s Army against the South allied with the U.S. The prior ceasefire established at the Tet Festivities lead way for the surprise attack that was the Tet offensive. -
Kent State
May 4, l970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. This referred to U.S. combat troops specifically in the ground combat role, but did not reject combat by U.S. air forces -
26th Amendment
On June 22, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections. In his statement on signing the extension, Nixon said:
Despite my misgivings about the constitutionality of this one provision, I have signed the bill. I have directed the Attorney General to cooperate fully in expediting a swift court test of the constitutionality of the 18-year-old provision -
US withdrawal of troops
The US Signed a peace agreement with North Vietnam and evacuated immediately. -
War powers act
Reestablished some limits onexutive power. the act required the the president to inform congress of any comittment of the troops -
South Vietnamese surrender
More formally known as the Fall Of Saigon. Before the north Reached Saigon the united states sensed that their small presence would cause a disruption, all were evacuated and the south surrendered in order to avoid bloodshed.
