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Ho Chi Mihn stated that Vietnam has gained its independence from France
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Eisenhower supports troop commitment and places American soldiers in Saigon to prevent further expansion of Communism in Indochina
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Ngo Dinh Diem was Vietnam's first ever president in 1955 until his assassination in 1963.
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The Vietnam war started on the 1st of November due to ealier conflicts involving Communism, in which VietCong (Communist controlled North Vietnam wanted to reunite Vietnam into a single country under Communist rule)
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In 1959 the South Vietnamese defeated the French forces that occupied their country
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During the 1960's LSD was made very popular by people like Timothy Leary, a psychologist who encouraged teens to try it
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The U.S backing includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors and support personnel
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President Kennedy sends about 400 American troops to South Vietnam as advisors
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American helicopters arrive at docks in South Veitnam along with 400 U.S personnel who will also fly and mantain the aircraft.
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The US bering to drop Agent Orange, a defoliating herbicide, the prevent the use of some roads and trails by Viet Cong
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President was making his way down Dallas, Texas minutes before he gets assassinated.
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After a brutal 6 day battle around the Binh Gia village, ARVN is clearly defeated, 200 best troops dead.
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Soon as Feburary came in so did drafting for the war, going from 3,000 to 33,000 in October.
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During the 60's Haight-Ashbury became a haven for hippies to live their lifestyles freely
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VietCong used Tet (The Vietnamese New Year) as an advantage to attack South Vietnam and its US allies wile the people were distracted with the celebrations
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U.S. soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd Infantry Division entered My Lai and My Khe (Two small villages in South Vietnam) and killed an estimated 500 unarmed civilians.
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US helping the South Vietnams trying to win a hill, end up getting it with lots of casualties and up retreating from hill to base...
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Nixon decides to keep the bombing of Cambodia a secret to all.
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A festival lasting 3 days for the hippies was about bands getting together and everyone taking drugs,but turns out that the brown LSD will give you a bad trip.
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Nixon promises to withdraw 150,000 US troops from South Vietnam over the course of a year, but says the South Vietnamese will be expanded and equipped to fight
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A massacre happened on a peacful hippie protest at Kent State, killing 4 and wounding 9 people. (And till this day no one knew who started the shooting...)
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US troops are getting ready to evact from Vietnam to United States
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Finally after 20 years of suffering (and fun witht the ladies), President Nixson at a confrence states that the was is coming to an end, but as Nixon slowly took troops out North was still attacking.
