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South Korean Surrender
The active stage of the war ended on 27 July 1953, when the armistice agreement was signed. The agreement restored the border between the Koreas near the 38th Parallel and created the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 2.5-mile (4.0 km)-wide fortified buffer zone between the two Korean nations. Minor outbreaks of fighting continue to the present day -
Geneva Conference
-In July of 1954, a conference was convened in Geneva in an attempt to resolve the problems in Indochina. Although an agreement was reached, its provisions were Quickly violated and the plan never came to fruition. The agreement included that the nation of Vietnam was guaranteed its independence and have
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Agent Orange
The U.S. starts to drop Agent Orange, a defoliating herbicide, that prevent the use of some roads and trails by Viet Cong -
Monk sets himself on Fire
Buddhist Monk Quang Duc sets himself on fire in protest against Diem government policies. -
Diem is Overthrown
South Vietnam's president, Ngo Dinh Diem, is overthrown by a military coup and killed. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964: An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment -
Tonkin Resolution
The Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the name given to America’s sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the many months during which Operation Rolling Thunder operated, 643,000 tons of bombs were dropped. However, nearly 900 US aircraft were lost. -
Draft Card Burnings
The first draft card burnings were held in Berkley, California at the university. -
March on Washington
Some 40,000 protesters led by several student activist groups surrounded the White House, calling for an end to the war, then marched to the Washington Monument. On that same day, President Johnson announced a significant escalation of US involvement in Indochina, from -
Attack on Pleiku
Vietcong guerrillas attacked United States military base at Pleidu. Killing eight americans, wounding 126, and destorying 10 aircrafts. -
Battle of La Drang Valley
US soldiers respond to an NVA threat in intense fire fights. American troops are supported by a series of bombings by B-52 bombers. 79 Americans dead and over 2000 NVA dead. -
B-52 Bomber
B-52 bomber airplanes were used for the first time in Vietnam. B-52's were advanced technology at the time and could carry up to 100 bombs at an altudte of six miles. -
Tet Offensive
January 31, 1968 -The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops -
Hamburger Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZeouAaw4BU&feature=youtube_gdata_player US and South Vietnamese troops fight for Ap Bia Mountain. The ten-day battle is one of the fiercest of the war. After 56 Americans are killed and 420 are wounded, the troops capture the hill and kill 597 Vietnamese.The hill is recorded in history as Hamburger Hill, and the actions there are widely criticized in the US. The battle is one of the last major actions of its type in the war. The battle lasted 10 days. -
Kent State
In May 1970, students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4, the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War -
26th Amendment
July 1, 1971. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
There was much protest over how people could be drafted into the military but could not vote. -
US Withdrawl of Troops
Under the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords signed on January 27, 1973, the last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam, ending nearly 10 years of U.S. military presence -
War Powers Act
A federal law intended to check the President's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this provides that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."
The War Powers Resolut
