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The Geneva Accords ended the French Indochina War. They allowed Vietnam to be divided at the 17th parallel. Ho Chi Minh, a communist, came into power over the North, and Ngo Diem, a democrat led the South
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LBJ announced that North Vietnamese troops had torpedoed two destroyers, saying tht the attacks were unprovoked.
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Operation Rolling Thunder was the first bombing of North Vietnam, and was the first true act of war in the Vietnam War.
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On the Buddist holiday Tet, Vietcong soldiers attacked South Vietnam, taking many lives and capturing territory from North. The U.S. responded with a counterattack, regaining loss territory and causing two times more damage to the Vietcong.
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Nixon defeated Huber Humphrey in the 1968 election and was sworn into ofice early the following year.
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Nixon introduced the idea to the American Public in a nationally televised speech. He suggested, a gradual, phased withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Four anti-war protestors at Kent State University were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard
