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Gave president Lyndon Johnson the power to take whatever actions he needed to defend the south V. against Vietcong.
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In May 1965 the will number 6500 troops.The first number of North troops are sent to the south to fight in the war.
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vietcong attacks the U.S airforce base Pleiku.It killed eight Americans and hurt more than one hundred.
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President Johnson authorizes this.Its meant to cripple North vietnams transportation system in order to stop the flow of supplies in the south and the troops.
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they were Students for a Democratic society.Thousands attended the protest rally.
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A three day anti-war teach-in that over 30,000 people attended.It was organized by the vietnam day committee and its the largest of its kind during the war.
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A student named David O'Brien and three others burned their draft cards in protest of the Vietnam war.This happened at the south Boston courthouse.
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Prisoners from the war are attacked by an angrey mob.Us prisoners are lead through the streets of Hanoi.
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King leads thousands od demonstraters to the United Nations building in New York.He delivers a speech talking about the U.S foreign policy in vietnam.
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Robert Mcnamara gets released by president Johnson.Was worried about the us progress against the North vietnamese.
