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Vietnam War Austin Miller
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President Kennedy's State of the union speech
Presedent Kennedy tells America that only a few generations have the privalige to be the great deffenders of freedom.
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Operation Chopper
US first major combat opperation
http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/06-vietnam-war-timeline.htm -
Military Assistance Comand Vietnam
US military advisors are authorized to fire, if fired upon.
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Diem Survives Assassination Attempt
Two South Vietnamese pilots bomb Diem's presidential palace. Diem escapes.
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Operation Ranch Hand
US attempt to clear vegitation to prevent ambuses from the viet cong and to open up trails that they using with agent orange.
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Straregic Hamlet Program
Hoped to group the pesent population into fortified villages to keep them away from viet cong influnce
http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html
