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Elysee Agreement Signed
As part of the agreement the French pledge to assist in the building of a national anti-Communist army -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu Begins
A force of 40,000 heavily armed Viet Minh lay siege to the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu -
Geneva Conference
as a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
US Training South Vietnamese
he US Military Assistance Advisory Group assumes responsibility, from French, for training South Vietnamese forces. -
Terrorist Bombings Rock Saigon
Thirteen Americans working for MAAG and US Information Service are wounded in terrorist bombings in Saigon -
Kennedy Elected President
John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency. -
Battle of Kien Hoa Province
400 guerrillas attack village in Kien Hoa Province, and are defeated by South Vietnamese troops. -
US Military Employs Agent Orange
a defoliant that came in metal orange containers-to expose roads and trails used by Viet Cong forces. -
President Kennedy Assassinated
Kennedy's death meant that the problem of how to proceed in Vietnam fell squarely into the lap of his vice president, Lyndon Johnson. -
Tonkin Resolutino
was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed -
Operation Rolling thunder
was the title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force -
Marines Arrive at Da Nang
The first American combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, arrive in Vietnam to defend the US airfield at Danang. Scattered Vietcong gunfire is reported, but no Marines are injured. -
Tet Offensive
was a military campaign during the Vietnam War -
US withdrawal of troops
Over 540,000 troops withdrawaled -
Vietnamization
was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War -
Kent state Shooting
May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard -
26th Amendment
setting a voting age higher than eighteen. -
War end
Last American Troops Leave Vietnam 1973 -
War Power Resolution
is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. -
South vietnam surrounded
Although, it really wasn't a surrender, it was a capture
