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USA signed a treaty with South Vietnam promising economic and military aid. Later in the year, USA support troops arrived in South Vietnam.
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The U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was created in response to the increase in military aid being sent to South Vietnam.This program controlled every effort in Vietnam.
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Two US Destroyers located in the Gulf of Tonkin were shot at by North Vietamese Forces.
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US began Air Raids on North Vietnam and Communist controlled areas in South Vietnam.
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Veterans of WWI, WWII, and the Korean War burned discharge papers and sepereation papers in New York City in protest of the war.
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16,000 US troops and 14,000 South Vietamese soliders launched a mission to destroy operation and supply sites. Instead they found a system of tunnels in the Iron Triangle. Vietcong used the tunnels as headquarters.
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North Vietnam Forces launch an attack against South Vietnam. Both sides had heavy losses. This marked a point where public support in the USA for the war declined.
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President Nixon starts to secretly bomb Cambodia in an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps.
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The cost and casualities become to much, so USA removed their forces.
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North Vietnam performs a full scale invasion of the South and takes control of the South.
