World History

  • The Gulf of Incident

    The Gulf of Incident

    a series of confrontations in August 1964 between U.S. and North Vietnamese forces, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and escalated U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    A sustained and escalating bombing campaign conducted by the U.S. military against North Vietnam.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    a coordinated series of surprise attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    A mass murder of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army soldiers in the village of My Lai
  • The Vietnam Moratorium protests

    The Vietnam Moratorium protests

    a series of nationwide demonstrations in the United States and internationally
  • The invasion of Cambodia

    The invasion of Cambodia

    the United States and South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia in 1970 during the Vietnam War,
  • The Pentagon Papers

    The Pentagon Papers

    A secret, 47-volume history of U.S. involvement commissioned by former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked the report to the press.
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    A peace treaty signed by the U.S., North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Viet Cong
  • The Withdrawal of U.S troops

    The Withdrawal of U.S troops

    As per the Paris Peace Accords, the final U.S. combat troops left Vietnam
  • the Fall of Saigon

    the Fall of Saigon

    the capture of South Vietnam's capital by the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong
  • born

    born

    the day I was born
  • Preschool

    Preschool

    when I was in preschool
  • Moved

    Moved

    the day I moved away and move to Alaska
  • Second grade-first

    Second grade-first

    when I went into second grade then got held back into first
  • Moved into first apartment

    Moved into first apartment

    Yay first apartment