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Vice President Johson returns to the United States from a visit to Southeast Asia and gives a report to Kennedy about his trip. He says that the US must help the countries of Southeast Asia.
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A joint resolution that congress passed on August 7 1964 as a response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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Massive demonstrations are held throughout the US against the war. Protestors in Central Park, New York City, burn 200 draft cards.
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US aircraft bomb Haiphong for the first time, with 86 planes taking part in the raid. Previously raids on Haiphong had been detered by the fear of hitting foreign ships.
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The My Lai incident was a Vietnam war mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in south vietnam on March 16th 1968.
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The US starts the secret bombing of Cambodia.
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A fierce battle breaks out in the Que Son Valley, 30 miles south of DaNang. More than 60 Americans are killed in the fighting. The battle lasted 9 days.
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Nixon begins withdrawing troops from Vietnam. By the end of the year, US troops are down to 479,000. In 1969, 9,414 Americans are killed in Vietnam.
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Authorized the incursion of U.S. Military forces into cambodia in order to disrupt the supply lines of vietnamese to destroy their bases.
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On monday may 4th 1970 at Kent State university there was a shooting of unarmed college students by the ohio national guard. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds killing four students and wounding 9 others.
