vietnam war

  • tet offensive

    tet offensive
    link concerted attack by the Vietcong on major cities of RVN. It occured in Jan at the time of a national holiday
  • war powers act

    war powers act
    The act was signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and put into law on December 18, 1941, less than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
  • geneva accords

    geneva accords
    Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam.
  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination
    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, ...
  • my lai massacre

    my lai massacre
    My Lai 4 and My Khe 4 hamlets. Attack type, Massacre. Deaths, 347 according to the U.S Army (not including My Khe killings), ..
  • vietcong formed

    Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of .... Hanoi was soon receiving up-to-date surface-to-air missiles
  • richard nixon elected

    richard nixon elected
  • nixon resigns

    nixon resigns
    Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. Representative and .... as Pat Ryan turned down the young lawyer several times before agreeing to date him. .... With pressure building for EisenhowerNixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. Representative and .... as Pat Ryan turned down the young lawyer several times before agreeing to date him. .... With pressure building for Eisenhower
  • fall of saigon

    fall of saigon
    Saigon was barely protected by the US and North Vietnamese forces advanced into Saigon with due ease..