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The Vietnam war began in November 1 1955 and it ended in April 30 1975 the war lasted for about 20 years
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The battle of Ap Bac was fought on January 02 1963 the battle took place in the rice paddies of Mekong Delta
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In 1965 over 200,000 troops were sent to Vietnam in February of that year bombing raids were ordered on northern Vietnam this was known as operation rolling thunder
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In 1966 B-52s bomb north Vietnam president Johnson meets with south Vietnamese premier Nguyen Cao Ny and his military advisors in Honolulu
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In the 1968 the tet offensive was a verity of surprise attacks from the Vietcong
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The communist forces end a tet ceasefire with attacks on Saigon and 115 other cities. Attacks took place throughout Vietnam, killing 453 US soldiers in the first week
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The battle for hamburger hill was one of the fiercest battle of the war 56 Americans were killed and 420 were injured. The hill was heavily fortified but the troops managed to capture it
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In February of 1971 the south Vietnamese army launched an invasion into the southeastern part of laos
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By the end of the year there was only 158,120 American troops in Vietnam
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On august 11 1972 the last infantry was deactivated in Vietnam it was the last ground combat battalion in Vietnam.