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Use of the Draft
from 1940-1973 men were drafted to the US armed forces because it could not be filled ethrough voluntary means -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin aka USS Maddox was shown to the US congress as unprovoked attacks by vietnamese -
Operation Rolling Thunder
took place from 1965-1968. It was concentrated bombing campaign on strategic targets in north vietnam -
Tet Offensive
major (coordinates) attacks by communist forces in the vietnam. -
Mai Lai Massacre
American patrol enterd the village of my lai for a serch and destroy mission and killed many woman, men and children. -
Kent State Shootings
killings of four and injuring nine unarmed kent state university students -
Pentagon Papers
Created by Daniel Ellsberg helped with US Defense dapartment and made a top secret document public -
Easter Offensive
In 1972 an invasion of South Vietnam was fought back by combined US- South Vietnamese forces and resulted in a new bombing campaign against the North. -
Operation Linebacker
US campaign of boming and mining North Vietnam forces in south Vietnam -
Paris Peace Accords
Was an agreement on bring the war to an end and restoring peace