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The gov. drafted more than 1.5 million men into military service during Vietnam War.
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Eisenhower continued Truman's policy toward Vietnam. He sent monetary aid to the French, containing the spread of communism
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The United States and 7 other countries formed the SEATO. Its goal was to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
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The Vietminh trapped a large French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, and laid siege to it for 55 days. They destroyed the French airstrip, cut French supply lines, and dug trenches.
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Vietcong launched an insurgency in which they assassinated Gov. officials and destroyed roads and bridges.
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The United States contributed 2.6 billion dollars to Frances war efforts. Containing Ho Chi Minhs communist Vietminh
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Kennedy sent special forces troops to South Vietnam to advise the army of the Republican of Vietnam on more effective ways to fight the communist forces
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Although U.S. advisers fought bravely and achieved some success, Diem continued to alienate South Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the american destroyer USS Maddox as it patrolled the gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnamese boats.
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Students at the university of California protested about using university grounds to organize off campus political activities
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most American soldiers in Vietnam had been drafted into military service. Americans were dying to defend a nation whos people were unwilling to die to defend themselves
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Congress divided into two camps. Hawks supported Johnson in the containment of communism and doves were passive
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Martin Luther King spoke out against the added war burden shouldered by African American soldiers
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on April 4, a racist assassin shot and killed him in Memphis, Tennessee
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Peace talks had begun, they were bogged down from the outset by disagreements and a lack of compromise
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U.S. soldiers killed about four and five hundred Vietnamese after American troops had been injured or killed
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his peace delegation firmly believed they could break the impasse
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Students threw rocks and bottles at the national guards after Nixons speech then four students were shot by them
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News of the My Lai massacre, the coverup, and callys trial shocked many Americans and added fuel to the burning antiwar fire
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The US, South and North Vietnam and the Vietcong signed it. They agreed to a cease fire and a US troop withdraw from South Vietnam
