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He became involved with anti-French organizations as a young man and fled Vietnam in 1912. He then traveled the world for 30 years before coming back to Vietnam.
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The US and seven other countries form the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) to contain communism in Southeast Asia
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The Vietminh trapped a French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, laying siege for 55 days. After 15000 casualties, the French surrendered.
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Special Forces troops were sent to Vietnam to advise the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
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An herbicide was used by the US to tear the Vietnamese jungle down and expose/poison the enemy
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Diem was not well liked, and he was eventually removed from office and assassinated.
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North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired at the American Destroyer, USS Maddox. The Maddox was not hit, but the US responded by firing back, and the President Johnson ordered an airstrike on North Vietnam.
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authorized the president to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the [US] and to prevent further aggression."
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The war was becoming confusing and neither side was winning
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Anti war advocates sponsored a Stop-the-Draft week to keep soldiers from being forced into the Vietnam war. (pg 657)
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Senator J William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chose to vocally oppose the War. He held public hearings, providing a platform for critics. He said that the Vietnamese war was not a Cold War conflict, just a civil war. (pg655)
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A North Vietnamese coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals, 5 major cities, and the US Embassy in Saigon.
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He was shot by a racist in Memphis Tennessee
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He won over Hubert Humphrey
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A lottery is put in place, designed to stop abuse of the system and make a more diverse army.
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Nixon informs the US people of his decision to take the war to Cambodia, to fight the remainder of the Vietcong and the Khmer Rouge
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The Ohio National Guard open fired on students protesting 4 days after Nixon's speech. 4 students were killed.
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Because US soldiers had been attacked by Vietcong members posing as citizens, when they came upon the little village of My Lai, they just open fired on everyone. 400-500 Vietnamese civilians were killed at the orders of Lieutenant William Calley.
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-The US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam and the Vietcong signed the Paris Peace Accords
-They agreed to cease fire and send US troops home.