Vietnam timeline By nightrider 2.0 Aug 31, 1954 vietnam war battle of dien bein phu Apr 28, 1955 south vietnamese manarchy was created south vietnamese manarchy was created Apr 30, 1956 Geneva hoped that elcetions could take place geneva hope that elcetions could take place Aug 17, 1964 gulf of tonkin, a battleship was shot u.s was at war with north vietnam Apr 30, 1965 u.s at war We bombed north vietnam Aug 18, 1965 5,500 u.s mareins destoryed the viet kong stronghold. Aug 27, 1965 north veitnam strikies back 18000 or more u.s marines died in vietnam Feb 1, 1968 veit kong officer was killed by Ngyen Ngoc Loan May 1, 1968 President lydon b johnson started his re eletion. Feb 13, 1971 South Veitnamese troops invaded loas. May 1, 1972 the war has once agein had a major impact. May 1, 1974 Documentary 'hearts and minds" had problems.
