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Vietnam War

  • USS Maddox Attack

    USS Maddox Attack

    Torpedo was fired at the USS Maddox while it was patrolling the Tonkin Gulf by a North Vietnamese patrol boat
  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed by congress that gave the president power to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the U.S
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was the first sustained bombing of Vietnam
  • The Troops Have Arrived

    The Troops Have Arrived

    The first major U.S combat unit arrive in North Vietnam
  • Vietcong Bombing

    Vietcong Bombing

    Vietcong terrorist bomb the U.S embassy of Saigon
  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

    The U.S troops went out killed anyone that looked like they were involved with the vietcong.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    The vietcong attacked a hundred towns and cities in south Vietnam.
  • Kent State Massacre

    Kent State Massacre

    At Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nine.
  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers

    A set of 7000 papers created by president Johnson that explained in detail how he wa going to keep us in the war
  • Americans Involvment Ends

    Americans Involvment Ends

    The United States ended its involvment in the Vietnam war.