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Ho Chi Minh takes over Hanoi and declare Vietnam independent
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The French fought in this battle and were defeated by the Viet Minh. After their defeat, the French gave the colony of French Indochina independence
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This accord declared a cease-fire and split Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
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Ngo Diem takes over the South Vietnamese government with the help of the United States
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JFK sends military advisors to South Vietnam to train their army
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Vietnamese troops attacked an American ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, legally thrusting the U.S. in to the Vietnam War
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The United States Marines became the first American troops to land in South Vietnam. The total number of United States Marines was 3,500.
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In 1966, over 400,000 troops are present in Vietnam
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An accused Viet Cong Officer IS executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The Viet Cong suspect was shot in the head by Nguyen Ngoc Loan,
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The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch a major attack on 30 U.S. cities
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Representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy began negotiations. They failed though
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The U.S. and North Vietnam sign a cease fire that closes the American chapter in the Vietnam War
