J F Kennedy sent 3.000 "military advisors" and new equipment to help the South Vietnamese government in its war against the Vietcong guerillas. It is the official beginning of theAmerican involvement in Vietnam.
JFK to pull 1,000 troops from South Vietnam by end of 1963; Over the next 64 hours, the division, two artillery battalions, and assorted transportation units from around the country made the day-long flight across the Atlantic. An air strike force went as well. Altogether, the planes made over 200 flights, ferrying some 15,000 personnel and nearly 500 tons of equipment, one quarter of which belonged to the Army. It was the largest movement of troops by air to that date.
President John Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, TX.
After an attack of the American troops at sea, the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend Southeast Asia.
President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder, a limited but long lasting bombing offensive. Its aim is to force North Vietnam to stop supporting Vietcong guerrillas in the South.
North Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive attacking around 100 cities in Southern Vietnam.
In the hamlet of My Lai, U.S. Charlie Company kills about two hundred civilians. Although only one member of the division is tried and found guilty of war crimes, the repercussions of the atrocity is felt throughout the Army. However rare, such acts undid the benefit of countless hours of civic action by Army units and individual soldiers and raised unsettling questions about the conduct of the war.
President Richard Nixon takes office as the new President of the United States. With regard to Vietnam, he promises to achieve "Peace With Honor." His aim is to negotiate a settlement that will allow the half million U.S. troops in Vietnam to be withdrawn, while still allowing South Vietnam to survive.
The Paris Peace Accords of January 27, 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War.
Fall of Saigon (the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975.)
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