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Increase of US advisors
the advisory effort began when the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) was formed in Saigon. The mission was to supervise the issuance and employment of military equipment to support the French. Advisors were necessary because the US was trying to figure out how to help the French against the Viet Minh forces. -
French Surrender
Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh forces defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu. This battle took about a month until the French were defeated and surrendered. This signaled the end of French colonial influence in Indochina and it also cleared a way for the division of Vietnam. -
1st US Combat Death
The first american soldier killed in Vietnam was Air Force T-Sgt. Richard B. Fitzgibbon. He was murdered by another airman and he died of the wounds later. His name is on the Vietnam War Memorial. He was 35 when he died. -
1st American Death
The first American to be killed in Vietnam was James Thomas Davis from Tennessee. His unit provided technical advice to South Vietnamese units. He led a Vietnamese team to an area near a base to locate a Viet Cong guerilla force operating in the area. The group was attacked and they fought bravely but Davis and his group had to succumb to enemy fire. -
America longest war
The longest american war was the Vietnam war, It lasted about 19 years and 5 months. This war occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia on November 1,1955. The fall of Saigon was on April 30,1955. The second on Indochina war was official fought by the north Korean government and the south Koreans. -
Buddhist Monk Implodes
Thich Quang Duc was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself to death. He was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the south Vietnamese. There are pictures of him burning himself which was very impactful. There was a lot of emotion from around the world that the photograph generated. -
Diem Repression
After the collapse of the French, the country was divided. President Diem rejected the nationwide elections that had been agreed upon. Ho Chi Minh wanted to be the new president. He gradually lost the support of the United States and was killed following the overthrow of his goverment in 1963. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave a broad congressional approval for expansion of the vietnam war. Military planners had developed a design to attack the north but president Johnson feared the public would not support an expansion of the war. The resolution was a joint resolution that the US Congress passed. -
Congress Votes to withdraw troops
President Bush proposed a "Troop Surge" in Iraq. The administration has responded to legislative critics by stating that Congress cannot handle the responsibility of conducting an effective war -
Operation rolling thunder approved
President Johnson approved Operation Rolling Thunder which was a sustained campaign of aerial bombardment against the Northern Vietnamese during the war. -
POW's mobbed in Hanoi
Navy commander James Bond Stockdale was flying a sky hawk because he was on a mission going over north Korea, when his plane took fire and hurtled down. Stockdale was then discovered by villagers who beat him and dragged him in the middle of the streets until the have gotten to the final destination. They brought him to the Hoa lo prison. -
First mass demonstration protest
Demonstration or protest is action by a mass group or collection of people in favor of a political or other causes. It mostly contains a walk or march into a mass formation either beginning or even ended at a designated location to have a rally or to listen to a speaker. -
My Lai Massacre
My lai Massacre was Vietnam war killing of between 347-507 civilian. It was committed by american soldier . The victims included men, woman, children and infants. Most woman were gang-rape and bodies started to multiplied. -
Peace talk in Paris
After about 34 days of trying to figure out a location to talk about peace, United states and north Korea came up with a location, which was in Paris on May 10. Ex-Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy would head the North Vietnamese delegation at the talk. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a strategic bombing campaign against the Northern Vietnamese. It was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnams communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the US supported government of south vietnam. it marked the first sustained american assault on North Vietnamese territory. It also represented a major expansion of US involvement in the Vietnam war. -
Vietnamization
U.s president Richard introduced a strategy called Vietnamization that was aimed to the ending of the american involvement of the Vietnam war. He was building up the south Korea military in order to facilitate a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops. -
POW's Released
U.S servicemen were missing in action during the Vietnam war and the operation in southeast Asia. The U.S. listed about 2,500 Americans as prisoners of war or missing in action but only 1,200 Americans were reported killed in action and body not recovered. -
Saigon Falls
The event of the capture of the Saigon (South Vietnam capital) marked the ending of the Vietnam war. This event was also the start of transition period of formal reunification of Vietnam under the Socialist Republic. General Văn Tiến Dũng began his final attack on April 29,1975 and it lasted for one day. The bombardment at the Tân Sơn Nhất Airport killed the last two American servicemen named Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge. -
End Of The War
on April 30th, 1975 the last few Americans were airlifted out of south vietnam as the country of Saigon fell to communist forces. North Vietnam accepted the surrender of south Vietnam, and said between the Vietnamese there are no victors and no vanquished, only the Americans have been defeated. -
Ho chi Minh
Ho Chi minh was the North Vietnamese political leader and the president of North Vietnam. He joined the Communist party and after that he became the president and would serve for 25 years. He was a symbol of Vietnam's struggle for unification. He died at the age of 79. He basically led the Northern Vietnamese throughout the Vietnam war.
