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Gulf of Tonkin
On August 7th, 1964, after heating and accused accusations against North Vietnam, the Gulf on Tonkin Resolution was enacted in place, which gave the president, and the United States overall the right to take place in the civil war that is taking place in Vietnam. This was crucial to the Vietnam War.
Link To File: Tonkin Gulf Resolution -
Reinforcement of Vietnam
During the beginning of 1965, the United States finally decided to pull into the Vietnam War, which was already devastating as is, but with more forces joining, all sides experienced great war, and devastating losses to their forces. This was crucial to the war due to this becoming the primary aspect of the Vietnam War, that is, South Vietnam versus North Vietnam. Link To FIle: 85 - Combat -
Losses Begin To Stack Up For The U.S
During the Spring of 1966, the losses towards the United States posed in the Vietnam War began to stack up greatly, with American trooper losses outweighing South Vietnam's trooper losses. This caused the war to become highly controversial back in the U.S, and many began to oppose the war. Many troopers in Vietnam stayed on high alert because they didn't want to become one of the deaths in the war. Link To File: 284 - Patrols -
Tet Offensive
During the month of January, 1968, North Vietnam released multiple waves of heavy offenses during the Vietnam War. This harmed many troopers, and civilians alike, and made many famous battles possible like the battle of Saigon, which was enacted at the capital, and was devastating and infamous for the Vietnam War on both sides of the war. Link To File: A Year of Triumph and Tragedy -
Peace Negotiations Between Both Sides
During May of 1968, the United States, South Vietnam, and North Vietnam began to negotiate terms of peace towards the war, which was brutal for both sides up until this point. This was crucial to actually end the war, bring peace to Vietnam, and begin ceremonies for the troopers involved, like in the picture shown. Link To File: 78 - Ceremonies