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Vietnam Timeline

By Josephburns

  • President Kennedy's Assassination

    President Kennedy's Assassination
    President JFK was assassinated

  • LBJ swore in as President

    LBJ swore in as President
    Lyndon B. Johnson swears in as the 36th president of the United States.

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin
    The USS Maddox gets hit by North Vietnamese torpedos.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The tet offensive was surprise attacks against southern cities, it was also a Vietnamese New Year.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    U.S. Soldiers kill Vietnamese citizens, thinking there was Vietcong in the Village, they killed no Vietcong.

  • Nixon wins presidency

    Nixon wins presidency
    Richard Nixon wins the presidency election and becomes the 37th president of the United States

  • War protest in Washington.

    War protest in Washington.
    War protest against the Vietnam war break out in Washington

  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords
    An Agreement between North Vietnam and South Vietnam to have the US end the war.

  • Saigon gets captured.

    Saigon gets captured.
    The capital city of South Vietnam gets taken over by North Vietnam.