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This war began to try and stop the spread of communism
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JFK was the 35th President of the United States he was killed in Dallas,Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza.
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He was sworn in as the 36th President after Kennedy's death.
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This incident drew the United States more directly into the Vietnam War, there were to confrontations of the United States and North Korea in these waters.
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Nearly 100,000 people gathered in D.C. to protest the war; more 50,000 marched to the Pentagon to try and end the conflict. The American support for the war had fallen below 50%.
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It was a military campaign launched by Viet Cong and North Vietnam's military against the forces of the United States.
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U.S. troops killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
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It was a military campaign launched by Viet Cong and North Vietnam's military against the forces of the United States.
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Eight years after being defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president.
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PPA was an agreement between the U.S. and North Vietnam to try and bring an end to the war.
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Saigon was captured by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.