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After a 55 day battle the vietnamese concured the french,and their desire to contiune the battle.
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*not correctdate above. Inlate1961 Kennedy ordered more supplies for vietnam. He sent new equipment and military support
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Vietcong first bigstep. American Advisors slain
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Kennedy assinated.... Johnson takes over
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China Successfully tests Atomic Bomb
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US Helicopter attacked, 9 americans killed and over 70 more are wounded
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Students for a Democratic Society organize the first teach-in on the Vietnam war, at the University of Michigan.attended by about 2,500 and consists of debates, lectures, movies, and musical events aimed at protesting the war
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todate: US military personnel totals over 280,000; approximately 60,000 American military personnel aboard ships. American war casualities for the year total 5008 killed, 37,738 wounded
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In one of the largest air-mobile assaults ever, 240 helicopters sweep over Tay Ninh province, The goal of Junction City is to destroy Vietcong bases and the Vietcong military Some 30,000 U.S. troops take part in the mission, joined by 5,000 men of the South Vietnamese Army. American forces succeed in capturing large quantities of stores,
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President Nixon meets with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island in the Pacific, and announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn immediately.
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After three-and-a-half years, Operation Rolling Thunder comes to an end. ampaign had cost more than 900 American aircraft. Eight hundred and eighteen pilots are dead or missing, and hundreds are in captivity. According to U.S. estimates, 182,000 North Vietnamese civilians have been killed.
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President Richard M. Nixon takes office as the new President of the United States. With regard to Vietnam, he promises to achieve "Peace With Honor."
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Peace talks between United States and North Vietnambreak down
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ceasefire is signed by all parties in the war
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The last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam.
