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December 20, 1960 - The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam.
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America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.
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Buddhist monks start setting themselves on fire in public places to protest
against the Diem government policy of removing Buddhists from key government
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup.
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President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon B Johnson takes over the Presidency
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General Nguyen Khanh Seizes Power in Saigon
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3 North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox named the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Congress authorizes President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." The US wages total war against North Vietnam
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March 2, 1965 - A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder).
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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The battle of Hamburger Hill, left 630 dead of both vietcong and U.S. troops. It was so gory and grinding it became known as hamburger hill.
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The concert of 32 acts in woodstock attracts
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The pentagon papers, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg who was hired on a team to compile government papers into a book that the pentagon could learn from. Instead he leaked hundreds of papers to the press and the U.S. learned of some dark secrets. Supreme Court decided that the leak and printing was legal.
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The end of the Draft is publicized
