Vietnam War

The 17th parallel was the official boundary seperating North and South Vietnam

Jul 21, 1954

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http://www.ambrosevideo.com/items.cfm?id=1102

Ho Chi Minh returns from the jungle to control North Vietnam

Oct 17, 1954

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http://danshi.gundari.info/sinniti-makaizouw.html

The first American soldiers dye in the the Vietnam War.

Jul 8, 1959

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http://intercepts.defensenews.com/2013/07/today-in-military-history-july-8-1959-first-american-casualties-in-vietnam/

President Kennedy signs the 1962 Foreign Aid Act

Aug 1, 1962

picture reference:
http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/21/first-peek-at-foreign-assistance-act-overhaul/

President Kennedy is killed by Lee Harvey Oswald

Nov 22, 1963

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http://www.abc10.com/story/news/2014/01/22/4768141/

General Westmoreland asks for two battalions of marines to be sent to North Vietnam

Feb 22, 1965

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vietnam-war-gen-westmoreland-dies/

Operation Rolling Thunder begins as a hundred bombers unload on North Vietnam

Mar 2, 1965

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https://clockworkconservative.wordpress.com/

The first ground assault on North Vietnam by the U.S. was operation Starlite

Aug 18, 1965

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http://www.laguerreduvietnam.com/pages/operations/operation-starlite-17-aout-1965-au-24-aout-1965.html

Operation Masher starts the beginning of wide scale search and destroy mission by the U.S.

Jan 28, 1966

picture link:
http://www.laguerreduvietnam.com/pages/operations/operation-masher-white-wing-24-janvier-1966-au-6-mars-1966.html

President Johnson's stand firmly commited to helping South Vietnam

Oct 31, 1967

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http://openwalls.com/image?id=1169

The Tet Offensive began, a turning point for North Vietnam

Jan 31, 1968

picture link
http://uncensoredhistory.blogspot.com/2012/10/rare-stunning-images-of-tet-offensive.html

Richard Nixon is inaugurated into the Office of President

Jan 20, 1969

picture link
http://insidejobscast.com/2013/01/08/episode-03-nixon-watergate/

Nixon moves war into Cambodia

Apr 30, 1970

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http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/cambodia.htm

Kent State Shooting of protesters

May 4, 1970

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http://www.sparrowmedia.net/2014/09/statement-sister-slain-kent-state-protestor-regarding-blood-spattered-urban-outfitters-sweatshirt-stunt/

Last American troops leave Vietnam

Mar 29, 1973

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http://70srule.weebly.com/vietnam-war.html