Vietnam war timeline By kcloud15 Oct 10, 1945 World War Two ended Oct 10, 1955 South Vietnamese monarchy abolished Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonken was approved and Gave the U.S. permission to fight vietnam Mar 8, 1965 USMC were the first troops to be deployed in vietnam Jul 24, 1965 4 F-4C phantoms became targets of surface to air missiles in the first attack Aug 18, 1965 Operation starlight started Feb 1, 1968 a vietcong officer was killed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan Oct 10, 1968 over 500,000 troops are stationed in vietnam Oct 10, 1968 Lyndon Johnson started a re-elction campaign Aug 18, 1971 Australia and New Zealand withdrew troops from vietnam Dec 30, 1972 U.S. stoped heavy bombings in N. Vietnam Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accords was signed and ended the U.S. invovlment in vietnam
