6+Vietnam

media type="file" key="6 Vietnam .mp3" Vietnam War: [|Westons Timeline] Tyler's Timeline
 * Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
 * august 2, 1964 North Korean boats approached the USS Maddox and fired torpedoes at the maddox
 * The Maddox called in reinforcements from an aircraft carrier
 * The Maddox hit the North Korean boats, while only being hit once
 * The air support came and took care of the Korean boats
 * Then supposedly there was a second attack on the Turner Joy on August 4, but no one was quite sure
 * After the supposed attack they requested air reconnaissance in daylight but no enemy's were found
 * Diem Assassination
 * Ngo Dinh Diem was the leader of South Korea and was supported by the United States for some time
 * The US soon realized that Diem was unpopular amongst the people
 * Diem asked the US for help, but the US would not help them
 * Diem's generals did not really like him and planned his assassination.
 * In 1962 there was an attempt to bomb the palace but he lived
 * In 1963 Diem's generals, with the tacit approval of the US, overthrew Diem and murdered him
 * Tet Offensive
 * January 30, 1968 Viet Cong troops invade Saigon taking over the US embassy
 * The North Korean troops had captured many cities in the south, which later had to be recaptured by the Americans
 * The Tet offensive was the first time that the Americans realized that they weren't really winning the war
 * From a military stand point the offensive was a loss for the communists but from a political and psychological stand point it was victory
 * My Lai Massacre
 * March 16, 1968 US troops from the Charlie Company were issued a "Search and Destroy" on the Village of My Lai, where Viet Cong had been
 * As the "Search and Destroy" mission unfolded it led to a massacre. This massacre included the murder of over 300 unarmed civilians
 * Lt. Calley was in charge of the "Search and Destroy" and was later investigated for the murders and was sentenced to life in prison
 * Bombing Laos and Cambodia
 * The bombing of Laos and Cambodia was an attempt to destroy the transfer of goods from North Korea to the South on the Ho Chi Minh trail
 * The bombing of Laos was also a result in the Laos Insurgents trying to over throw the government
 * The bombing of Cambodia, known as "Operation Breakfast", was a covert attack not even known by congress, this attack was in effort to destroy North Korean supply trails and bases in Cambodia
 * These bombings last for 14 months
 * U.S. withdraw from Vietnam
 * The U.S. withdrew from Vietnam in the year of 1973
 * The U.S. withdrew because they were so brutal to vietnamese people including the civilians
 * The U.S. was killing so many civilians because they dressed the same as their army, the V.C.
 * Fall of Saigon
 * The North Vietnamese attacked the outskirts of Saigon late in April of 1975
 * The surrender of Saigon was announced by the South Vietnamese president
 * The North Vietnamese took over Saigon

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