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Vietnam War 1950-1975

By baileyh_00

  • SEATO

    SEATO
    SEATO ( Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was an international organization. It was primarily created to block further communist gains in Southeast Asia.

  • First American KIlled

    First American KIlled
    Richard Fitzgibbon was an American soldier. He was the first American killed in the Vietnam War.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    President Esienhower's two terms as president ended.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
    The North Vietnamese attacked two U.S destroyers that were sitting in international waters. This was the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    Operation Rolling Thunder was an attack by the Vietcong . This killed eight Americans in total.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive. Doing so, approximately 100 south Vietnamese cities and towns were attacked. The Communists did not succeed in maintaining control over any part of South Vietnam.

  • My Lai

    My Lai
    U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai. 300 civilians (old men, women, and children) were killed. After My Lai, many Americans viewed the Vietnam Veterans as "baby killers."

  • Richard Nixon's Plan

    Richard Nixon's Plan
    President Nixon orders many U.S. troops to withdrawal from Vietnam. Henry Kissinger who was the advisor of National Security was involved in trying to end the U.S involvement in Vietnam.

  • Kent State University

    Kent State University
    Disaster struck at Kent State. Four students were killed in a clash with the National Guard.Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the Cambodian Campaign. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.

  • LBJ

    LBJ
    Former president Lyndon B. Johnson died.