Events
Pentagon Papers
published in NYTFirst 2 Americans
are killed in VietnamBattle to demand
Diem step downSouth Vietnam ships shell
North Vietnam islands in
Gulf of Tonkin under US
directionUSS Maddox attacked
in the Gulf of TonkinUS mistranslates radio tansmission
from North Vietnam and concludes
another military operation was
imminentCongress & House pass the
Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionVC shell American Base
at Bein Hoa, killing 5 and
wounding 30VC blows up hotel
in Qui Nhon killing
23 AmericansOperation Rolling Thunder
beginsUS Marines land
100 mi south of
the DMZWestmoreland asks LBJ for more
ground troops & LBJ obliged. The
mission is changed from security
to active combat marking the first
time the US is asked to fight on
their own.1st Calvery Division begins
toarrive at An Khe with 16000
men and 435 helicoptersCommunist commandos
attack US Special Forces
base at Plei MeBattle in the Ia Drang Valley
begins, lasts 3 days but costing
79 American livesPeriods
JFK PresidencyEisenhower PresidencyTruman PresidencyLBJ PresidencyNixon PresidencySouth Vietnam has 8 different governmentsBattle of Binh Gia
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