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Vietnam War Timeline (1964-1975)
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Vietnam War Timeline (1964 - 1975)
By: Sean Parker
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USS Maddox Attack
The USS Maddox was attacked off the coast of Vietnam. The American public was told that a North Vietnamese patrol of torpedo boats sank it, but that was later found to possibly be untrue. This drew the United States into the Vietnam War. The desire to fight in Vietnam would not last long after this.
USS Maddox Attacked
US Bombs and Lands Troops in Vietnam
President Johnson ordered bombings across North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trial which was called Operation Rolling Thunder. Later that month, Marines were sent in and they became the first Americans to fight in Vietnam. The public's view of the war had not dropped to bad levels yet.