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Japan invades Vietnam.
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The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.
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The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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He gets drafted even though e shouldnt because of a knee problem
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Johnson and PeeWee contnue to fight wiht each other
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Perry goes to a new platoon
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Perry and hs latton kll the first platoon
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rry returns and tells PeeWee whta has happened
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Perry sends jacket to little brother
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Jenkins steps on a alnad min and dies instanty
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A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder).
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North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident).
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.
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U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
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North Vietnam launches a massive assault on South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam surrenders to the communists.
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Vietnam is unified as a communist country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.