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Vietnam War

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    During the Vietnam in 1968 war U.S. soldiers killed around 500 people including women and children in Vietnam. Afterwards 14 soldiers were found guilty.
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization
    President Nixon decides to train south Vietnamese people to fight so the U.S. can eventually leave.
  • Ho Chi Minh dies

    Ho Chi Minh dies
    Ho Chi Minh died at the age of 79 which was six years before his army captured Saigon. Defying Minh´s will, his family had his body embalmed and then added to a museum as an exhibit rather than cremating his remains.