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07/20/1954 |
Geneva Accords divide Vietnam. |
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07/08/1959 |
First U.S. military personnel are killed in Vietnam. |
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08/07/1964 |
Vietnam conflict begins. |
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02/24/1965 |
Operation Rolling Thunder begins in North Vietnam. |
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03/08/1965 |
First U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam. |
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03/09/1966 |
Helicopter pilot Frank Kelley rescues a wounded Green Beret in Vietnam. |
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01/30/1968 |
Tet Offensive is launched in South Vietnam. |
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10/31/1968 |
President Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in Washington, D.C. |
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12/01/1969 |
Vietnam Draft Lottery is held in Washington, D.C. |
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04/30/1970 |
President Richard Nixon announces that U.S. troops have invaded Cambodia in Washington, D.C. |
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