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Major Events of the Vietnam War
1961
Johnson Reports to Kennedy
Kennedy and Diem Meet
First US Helicopter Arrive
1962
Strategic Hamlet Program
Agent Orange Introduced
US Crewed Helicopters Deployed to Vietnam
Laos Agreement
US Helicopters Ordered to Shoot First
1963
South Vietnamese Fire on Buddist Temples
Buddist Monk Sets Himself on Fire
Buddist Temples Attacked Throughout the South Vietnam
Diem Overthrown
1963 Summary
1964
New Leadership
U.S.S Maddox Attacked
First US Air Attack on North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1965
South Vietnamese Army Defeated at Binh Gia
Buddist Demonstrate Against Huong
US Bases Attacked
Rolling Thunder Launcher
First US Combat Troops Arrive
First Campus Sit-In
First MIG Intercepted
Marine Reinforcements Sent to Vietnam
US Suspends Air Raids
Australian Troops Arrive in North Vietnam
U.S. Combat Troops Officially in Combat
First B-52 Raids
First US Offensive
First Medal of Honor Winner in War
First SAM Attack on US Plane
US Troops Strength Increased by 125,000
Operation Starlite
US Attacks in Central Highlands
115 Targets Hit in North Vietnam
Bombing Halt
1966
Operation Masher
U. S. Base Wiped Out
First B52 Raids on North Vietnam
First US Attacks Near Hanoi
Operation Hastings
Heaviest Air Raids of the War
Record Number of US Planes Downed
1967
Operation Cedar Falls
Operation Junction City
First Bombing of Haiphong
Massive Anti War Demonstrations
US Victory Near KheSan
US Base Camp and Conthein Attacked
Conthein Attacked
Operation Kingfisher
Fire on the Forrestall
Battle of Queson Valley
Viet Cong Repelled at Locninh
Bloody Battle Near Dak To
1968
Battle of Khe San
Tet Offensive
Westmoreland Demands More Troops
MyLai Massacre
Johnson Will Not Run
Second Communist Offensive
B–52 Bombing Near Cambodian Border
1969
Communist End Tet Ceasefire
Secret Bombing of Cambodia
Battle of Hamburger Hill
250,000 March on Washington
Nixon Begins Withdrawal
1970
Prince Sihanock Overthrown
Invasion of Cambodia
1971
Cooper Church Amendment
Operation Lam Son Invasion of Laos
Operation Jefferson Glenn Ends
End of Year 1971
1972
Easter Offensive
Last US Combat Battalion
End of the year 1972
1973
Paris Peace Accords
1975
Saigon Falls