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The first U.S. soldier dies in Vietnam.
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South Vietnam, whith U.S. help, overthrows the Deim regime and plans to execute Diem and his brother.
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The day before, his government was overthrown by the South Vietnamese military. Then, he and his brother were captured and killed the next day. The operation was U.S. backed.
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In protet of the war, 1,000 students gathered in NYC, 12 of them burn their draft cards.
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In retaliation to the USS Maddox "attacks", president Lyndon Johnson orders stikes in North Vietnam.
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A U.S. ship is reportedly attacked unprovoked by the Vietnamese on said internatioal waters.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed, which gave the president the authority to do whatever necessary to protect South Vietnam from the Vietcong.
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The Vietcong attack U.S. airforce base in Pleiku, South Vietnam. It kills 8 Americans
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On this day, the first U.S. troops were released in Vietnam.
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Thousands of people mdid an anti-war protest march at the pentagon.
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U.S. troops kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in My Lai, South Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh's government began to talk about peace, prelimiary talks began in May.
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Republican Nixon is elected as president.
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President Nixon made a plan to train and transition South Vietnamese soldiers to take the place of the U.S. troops. At this time the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam was at 543,000 and the president promised to withdraw 25,000.
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Communist Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh died at the age of 79.
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About 600,000 people protest the war in Washington, D.C.
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National Guard kills four and wounds nine when attempting to disperse the group of students who are protesting the war on campus.
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The congress voted to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam by the end of the year.
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NY Times began publishing top secret documents that contained information about U.S. involvment in Vietnam.
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The war in Vietnam ends when the North Vietnamese take Saigon.
