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french took over and formed a colony
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they want more self governance and didnt want and french influence
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french were fighting ho's it was the first indochina war
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the french got defeated in the battle of dien bien phu
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vietnam got the right to vote for a election
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they where supposed to elect 2 republics but they did not have a election
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John F Kennedy helped vietnam by sending american to go and train them
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the us approved the gulf of tokin which let the us get involved in the war
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they were the first combat troops ti land in south vietnam
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The us bomded kang chi as it was one of the us targets because they attacked americans planes
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alot of the american soldiers that were there came home in body backs and sonme came home injured