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Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence.
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Vietnam carries out its first attack against the French
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US pledges 15 million to help aid the French in the Indochina War
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Eisenhower mentions the Domino Theory in response to the defeat of the french
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French leave Vietnam
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Kennedy is elected president, and pledged aid to South Vietnam
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President Kennedy is assassinated, after Diems Palace bombed. Johnson becomes the new president.
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Johnson requested to increase US Military presence in Indochina
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The first American combat troops arrive in Vietnam. Up to 200,000 US troops.
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Largest military campaign of the Vietnam War, a series of attacks in South Vietnam.
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Nixon is elected president. Orders bombing of Cambodia, which continues for 14 months.
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My Lai massacre is made public. Ho Chi Minh dies.
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Cease fire is signed in Paris. American troops leave Vietnam.
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Nixon resigns as president. Ford is elected.
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The remaining Americans evacuate Vietnam.
