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beging of the veitnam war
when the communist spread to the newly freed country of north veitnam they began to create a communist goverment with Ho Chi Minh in charge and his VeitMinh followers and the Veitcong which opposed south veitnam -
the U.S gets involved
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed U.S ground troops to go into Veitnam -
The Marines
nearly 3,500 US marines where in vietnam -
Attack on US planes
US F-4C phantoms where targeted by The North Vietnam after they began a bombing on the city of Kang Chi -
101st Airborn arrived in vietnam
the paratroopers of 101st airborne began droping in vietnam, Cam Ranh Bay -
Marines take the fight to the Vietcong
5,500 marines destroyed a vietcong base Quang Nagi -
Anti-War Demonstraters Appear
the Anti-War protest where heating up as a group of about 50 americans where expected to be aiding the vietcong and when they disturbed the meeting all of them would be arrested -
The Tet Offensive began
on the tet lunar new year celebration the south vietnamese called for a truce but the vietcong and the north attacked them anyway -
The Execution Brings More Problems than it fixes
When a south vietnamese chief of police kill's a vietcong officer in the streets right in front of reporters and journalist the protest in america got even worse -
The Massacres
Lt. William Calley led a massacre of south vietnamese at My Lai and he was court marshalled -
The Secret Negotiations
week long negotiations in paris betwwen Xuan Thuy and henry kissinger began but in the end they ultimatly failed -
The National gaurd kill protesters and cambodia
Pres. Nixon order an incursion of cambodia to destroy NLF's sanctruies bordering south vietnam this would lead to riots in kent state which led to students being shot to death -
the fall of saigon and the end of the war
the U.S withdrawl from south vietnam and the fall of saigon begins
