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dedication page this is dedicated to my family my two sons have sacrificed along with me so that i could complete my degree my parents would be so proud of me i lost them both a few years ago but i feel them with me everyday my family went though many things when my brother went to vietnam he did not talk much about it but it had an effect on everyone in our family he would just say that he didn t want to talk much about it my father served in the army air corps in wwii he was so proud of that i think our service men are the bravest men on the earth.

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table of contents 1 timeline 2 glossary 3 the times they are a-changin by bob dylan 4 song list from 1968 5 peace rally poster 6 blood soup recipe 7 poem by soldier 8 letter from soldier 9 birthday card to soldier from mom 10.photo gallery 11.resources

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vietnam timeline 1858-1884 france invades vietnam and makes vietnam a colony october 1930 ho chi minh helps found the indochinese communist party september 1940 japan invades vietnam may 1941 ho chi minh establishes the viet minh league for the independence of vietnam september 2 1945 ho chi minh declares an independent vietnam called the democratic republic of vietnam january 1950 the viet minh receive military advisors and weapons from china july 1950 the united states pledges $15 million worth of military aid to france to help them fight in vietnam may 7 1954 the french suffer a decisive defeat at the battle of dien bien phu july 21 1954 the geneva accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the french from vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between north and south vietnam at the 17th parallel october 26 1955 south vietnam declares itself the republic of vietnam with newly elected ngo dinh diem as president december 20 1960 the national liberation front nlf also called the viet cong is established in south vietnam november 2 1963 south vietnamese president ngo dinh diem is executed during a coup august 2 and 4 1964 north vietnamese attack two u.s destroyers sitting in international waters the gulf of tonkin incident

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august 7 1964 in response to the gulf of tonkin incident the u.s congress passes the gulf of tonkin resolution march 2 1965 a sustained u.s aerial bombing campaign of north vietnam begins operation rolling thunder march 8 1965 the first u.s combat troops arrive in vietnam january 30 1968 the north vietnamese join forces with the viet cong to launch the tet offensive attacking approximately one hundred south vietnamese cities and towns march 16 1968 u.s soldiers kill hundreds of vietnamese civilians in the town of mai lai july 1968 general william westmoreland who had been in charge of the u.s troops in vietnam is replaced by general creighton abrams december 1968 u.s troops in vietnam reaches 540,000 july 1969 president nixon orders the first of many u.s troop withdrawals from vietnam september 3 1969 communist revolutionary leader ho chi minh dies at age 79 november 13 1969 the american public learns of the mai lai massacre april 30 1970 president nixon announces that u.s troops will attack enemy locations in cambodia this news sparks nationwide protests especially on college campuses june 13 1971 portions of the pentagon papers are published in the new york times march 1972 the north vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone dmz at the 17th parallel to attack south vietnam in what became known as the easter offensive january 27 1973 the paris peace accords are signed that provide a cease-fire march 29 1973 the last u.s troops are withdrawn from vietnam march 1975 north vietnam launches a massive assault on south vietnam april 30 1975 south vietnam surrenders to the communists july 2 1976 vietnam is unified as a communist country the socialist republic of vietnam.

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