Vietnam War Timeline
Published on Dec 02, 2015
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VIETNAM WAR TIMELINE
BY: ANDREW BOSWELL
US TROOPS GO TO VIETNAM
U.S OFFICIALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THE WAR IN 1950
MARCH 2, 1965: OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER BEGAN
100 BOMBER PLANES ATTACKED NORTH VIETNAM AND WENT ON FOR 3 YEARS
April 17, 1965: PROTEST IN WASHINGTON
15,000 STUDENTS GATHERED IN WASHINGTON TO PROTEST THE VIETNAM WAR
OCTOBER 19, 1965: NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY ATTACKED US
THEY ATTACKED US SPECIAL FORCES AT PLEI ME IN THE BATTLE OF IA DRANG VALLEY
APRIL 13, 1966: VIETCONG ATTACKS TAN SON NHUT AIRPORT
CAUSED 140 DEATHS, DESTROYED 12 U.S. HELICOPTERS AND 9 U.S. AIRCRAFTS
JANUARY 5, 1968: OPERATION NIAGARA BEGAN
THE 77 DAY SIEGE BEGAN AS 5,000 U.S. MARINES WERE SURROUNDED
JANUARY 31, 1968: TET OFFENSE IS LAUNCHED
WE ATTACKED HUNDREDS OF TOWNS AND CITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM USING TET
FEBRUARY 2: 1968: TET OFFENSE FAILED
JOHNSON SAYS THAT TET OFFENSE WAS " A COMPLETE FAILURE"
MARCH 11, 1968: OPERATION QUYET THANG BEGAN
33 U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE GROUPS WERE READY FOR BATTLE NEAR SAIGON
APRIL 1, 1968: OPERATION PEGASUS BEGAN
CARRIED OUT BY U.S. FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION
APRIL 23, 1968: ANTI WAR ACTIVISTS
THEY SEIZES 5 BUILDINGS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
MAY 5, 1968: VIETCONG LAUNCHES "MINI TET"
IT WAS A SERIES OF ROCKET AND MORTER ATTACKS AGAINST SAIGON
JULY 1, 1968: GENERAL WESTMORELAND IS REPLACED
THEY REPLACED HIM WITH GENERAL ABRAMS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1968: AIRPLANES SHOT DOWN
THEY SHOT DOWN THE 900TH U.S. AIRPLANE
OCTOBER 31 1968: OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER ENDS
JOHNSON ANNOUNCES AN END TO U.S. BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
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