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SEATO
The SEATO was an international organization. This was made so the it wouldnt give communism the ground to gain in the region. -
Free speech movement
During the free speech movement the students protesting would actually be able to protest.They protested because they felt the U.S. shouldnt have a police the whole world. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. militay aircraft attacked there targets all through North Vietnam. Operation rolling thunder was the first sustained bombing in North Vietnam. -
My Lai
300 civilians were killed by Calley and men during My Lai. Officer Hugh Thompson was the one who reported back to the U.S. headquarters. After this americans view of the vietnam veterans was they were "Baby Killers" -
The pentagon papers
A 7000 page report telling Johnsons plan to escalte the war. He told the americans he was bring troops home from war. -
President Richard Nixon
In the summer of 1969 President Nixon announces the first U.S. troops withdrawn from Vietnam. When he then introduced his plan called Vietnamization. -
Kent State University
The disaster struck the hardest at Kent state university. 4 students were killed by the national guard. -
The war ended
The war remained South Vietnamese. The americans sent money instead of troops.
