Imgres

Vietnam war

By margaret.perkins
  • Casualty

    Casualty

    Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam's premier, slain in coup
  • Attack on us destroyers

    Attack on us destroyers

    North Vietnamese torpedo boats reportedly attack U.S. destroyers in Gulf of Tonkin

  • Air strikes

    President Johnson orders retaliatory air strikes. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
  • Bomb used by North Vietnam

    Bomb used by North Vietnam

    B-52s bomb DMZ, reportedly used by North Vietnam for entry into South
  • Invasion

    Invasion

    U.S. troops invade Cambodia in order to destroy North Vietnamese sanctuaries
  • Refugees

    Refugees

    More than 140,000 Vietnamese refugees leave by air and sea, many to settle in U.S. Provisional Revolutionary Government takes control