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Geneva Conference
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Operation Chopper
Helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep a NLF stronghold near Saigon. It marks America's first combat missions against the Vietcong. -
Offensive in Laos
American air power in Southeast Asia is massively reinforced. Two aircraft carriers arrive off the Vietnamese coast prompted by a North Vietnamese offensive in Laos -
Tonkin Resolution
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Atomic bomb
China, North Vietnam's neighbor and ally, successfully tests an atomic bomb. -
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Operation Rolling Thunder.
The four objectives of the operation were to boos the sagging morale of the saigon regime in the Republic of Vietnam. The operation became the most intense air/ground battle waged the Cold War period. -
Tet Offensive
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Nixon as President.
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th U.S. President and declares "...the greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honor now beckons America..." He is the fifth President coping with Vietnam and had successfully campaigned on a pledge of "peace with honor." -
Operation Dewey Canyon
Was the last major operation by U.S. Marines begins in the Da Krong valley. -
Vietnamization
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First US troops withdrawled
9th Infantry Division leaves Saigon in the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops -
Murder Charges
The U.S. Army brings murder charges against Captain Ernest L. Medina concerning the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in March of 1968. -
Kent State
This was a shooting at kent state school. Some of the students shot were protesting against the Cambodian Campaign which President Richard Mixon anounced during a television address on April 30th -
Withdrawl of Camboida.
U.S. troops withdraw from Cambodia. Over 350 Americans died during the incursion. -
Bad Bombing
Heavy B-52 bombing raids occur along the Demilitarized Zone. -
26th Amendment.
This gave people that were 18 and an Amercian citizen the right to vote. -
Wars Power resolution
This was effective in November 7, 1973. This requires the President to notify congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action. This was passed with two thirds of the congress overriding the presidential veto. -
South Vietnam Surrenders
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Troops returned
When the troops returned the people thought they were the furthest thing from heros. They hated the men who returned because of the choices they had made. Many on them would change their clothes in the bathroom at the airport so people didn't know they were in the war. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
The U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast Asia.
