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Ho Chi Minh declares the Democratic Republic of Vietnam independent
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United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French.
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The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel, with Ho Chi Minh's Communists ceded the North, while Bao Dai's regime is granted the South.
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The last French soldier leaves South Vietnam. The French High Command for Indochina is then dissolved.
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35th president of the united states
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Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President
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The U.S.S. Maddox is attacked right near north Vietnam
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after numbers of vietnam attacks, President Johnson decides to declare war
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U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973 as a result of the Case–Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress
