Vietnam Timeline
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VIETNAM WAR
MATTHEW DRABANT
SEPTEMBER 26, 1945
A. PETER DEWEY IS FIRST AMERICAN TO DIE IN VIETNAM
AUGUST 7, 1964
GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION GRANTS LBJ BROAD MILITARY POWERS IN VIETNAM
NOVEMBER 2, 1963
DIEM IS OVERTHROWN AND MURDERED
JANUARY 30, 1968
TET OFFENSIVE BEGINS WITH VIETCONG HIDING GUNS IN COFFINS
JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 25, 1968
BATTLE FOR HUE
FEBRUARY 28, 1968
WESTMORELAND DEMANDS 200,000 MORE TROOPS
MARCH 16, 1968
U.S. PLATOON MASSACRES CIVILIANS IN MY LAI
MARCH 17, 1968
SIEGE OF KHE SANH IS LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLE OF WAR
MARCH 31, 1968
LBJ ANNOUNCED THE U.S. WOULD START PEACE TALKS
JUNE 5, 1968
ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED
JUNE 1968
WESTMORELAND RELIEVED OF DUTIES AND REPLACED BY ABRAMS
AUGUST 28, 1968
CHICAGO CONVENTION STARTS RIOT
NOVEMBER 5, 1968
NIXON ELECTED PRESIDENT
NOVEMBER 25, 1969
LARGEST ANTI-WAR PROTEST OCCURS IN WASHINGTON D.C.
DECEMBER 31, 1969
NIXON BEGINS WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM VIETNAM
