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Group 559 develops a primitavie route along vietnamses/cambodian broder
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American heicopters arrive in south vietnam
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The goal of Ranchhand is to clear vegetation alongside highways,
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South Vietnamese commandos attack two small North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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President Johnson was given the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast Asia
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President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder, a limited but long lasting bombing offensive
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The U.S. offers North Vietnam economic aid in exchange for peace, but the offer is summarily rejected
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President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000 troops
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Two and a half thousand Vietcong troops attack Song Be, a South Vietnamese provincial capital
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In Hanoi, as Communist forces are building up for the Tet Offensive
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The goal of Junction City is to destroy Vietcong bases and the Vietcong military headquarters for South Vietnam,
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Two North Vietnamese divisions, operating out of the DMZ that separates North and South Vietnam
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in the hamlet of My Lai, U.S. Charlie Company kills about two hundred civilians.
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President Richard M. Nixon takes office as the new President of the United States.
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President Nixon authorizes Operation Menu, the bombing of North Vietnamese and Vietcong bases within Cambodia.
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Only 133,000 U.S. servicemen remain in South Vietnam. Two thirds of America's troops have gone in two years
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North Vietnam and the United States resume peace talks in Paris
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In Paris, peace talks between the North Vietnamese and the Americans breakdown.
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All warring parties in the Vietnam War sign a cease fire.
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President Richard M. Nixon resigns, leaving South Vietnam without its strongest advocate.
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In 15 years, nearly a million NVA and Vietcong troops and a quarter of a million South Vietnamese soldiers have died. Hundreds of thousands of civilians had been killed.