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November 1st, 1955 (Vietnam War starts) 

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November 1st, 1955 (Vietnam War starts) 

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- Vietnam split into two (north and south)
-we were allies with the south and were fighting the north
-the fight was about communism

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-Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals as part of a coup d'etat that is carried out with the tacit support of U.S. officials.
-16,000 personnel
-200 killed

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-torpedo boat attack
-23,000 troops
-400 killed

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-PROVN established
-185,000 troops
-2,700 killed

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-North Vietnamese and viet cong forces begin an offensive
-485,000 troops
-20,000 killed

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-As many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troops in the hamlet of My Lai.
-including women, men, and children
-Lieut. William Calley, will be found guilty of any crime in connection with My Lai.

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-Millions of people across the United States take to the streets to protest the continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
-largest anti-war protest
-about anti-war

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-Members of the Ohio National Guard open fire on unarmed students at Kent university, killing four and wounding nine.
-335,000 troops
-50,000 killed

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-Representatives of South Vietnamese communist forces, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States conclude the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam in Paris.
-U.S. troops are to be withdrawn within 60 days and the 17th parallel will remain the dividing line until the country can be reunited by “peaceful means.”

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-Over the next 24 hours, some 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese are flown to safety.
-The following morning, North Vietnamese troops enter downtown Saigon and the South Vietnamese government surrenders unconditionally.