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The Domino Theory
Korean War began when Communists North Korea, with Soviet and Chinese support, invaded South Korea. -
The Domino Theory
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent military advisers to train and arm the South Vietnamese Army in its fight against the Communists -
The Domino Theory
President John F. Kennedy took office -
The Domino Theory
By the time Kennedy was assassinated, the number of American military advisers in Vietnam had risen from 700 to 16,000. -
The Domino Theory
Two North Vietnamese gun boats were said to have attacked an American destroyer. -
A War Fought on TV
Johnson.s National Scurity Adviser, put it "I see the light at the end of the tunnel -
A War Fought on TV
North Vietnam launched the Tet Offemsive, the offensive was a terrible defeat of the Communists- shook America's confidence. -
A War Fought of TV
paris Peace Accords called for an end to the fighting and for all foreign troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam. -
A War Fought on TV
End finally came -
A War Fought on TV
60 percent of the population was born after the Communist victory -
A Homecoming
Comander Hung Ba Le was returning for the first time to the country he had fled with his parents and three siblings on a fishing boat as 5-year-old. -
The Fall of Saigon
The last helicopter took off carrying evacuees to nearby U.S. warships, about 400 people desperate to escape -
A War Fought on TV
Party leaders followed China's lead and instituted free-market reforms with less state control of the economy and more private enterprise -
A War Fought on TV
President Bill Clinton lifted the US trade embargo -
A War Fought on TV
Restored diplomatic realtions