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iPlei Me Battle U.S. announces troop build-up AU.S. strength is 148.000

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4Peace matches in U.S. lU.S. planes hit Haiphong ■ power plants

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4'Chnstman truce

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4Don9 4 Oual resigns

4B-52-S bomb SVN

4 Marshal Ky forms new government

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4U.S. troops 1st maior attack I

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^General Ktianh resigns A ^^ ^^^^ | 1

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I I .35,000 pacifists march on

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4SvN elections held

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4SecDef visits Saigon

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ADong Xoai battle

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48-52's bomb SVN

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ABunker to replace Lodge

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A Operation Cedar Falls ATet truce begins ATet truce ends

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ABunket to replace Lodge

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4 Two U.S. Marine BnsdeplVed k yj^ite House I

4Armed Forces Council diss\ved4 Secljef conference ,n Saigon

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4U.S. halts NVN bombing

4U.S. resumes NVN bombing 4U.S. resumes NVN air raids

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4 Operation El Paso H

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4 Marshal Ky forms new government

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4lst Major U.S. ground offensive

4U.S. troops 1st major attack

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4251h Inf Div arrives in SVN

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4ARVN troops move against Buddhists Ju.S. acft. attack NVN POL installations

4b-52's bomb DMZ I

lB-52's use Thai airbase

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4U.S. strength at 306,000

ASvN elections held

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40peration Atileboro

ASecOef visits Saigon

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40peration Paul Revere

4Manila Conference opens

4 Operation Cedar Falls

ATel truce begins I

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4Bunker to replace Lodge 4SVN adopts constitution AJohnson meets Ky at Guam

A NVN rejects U.S. peace bid

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4Peace marches m U.S. lU.S. planes hit Haiphong " power plants .COMUS MACV addresses * Congress |

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AThieu announces candidacy

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AFuII scale Israeli-Arab war

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iTet truce begins I

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4 U.S. acft. hit NVN rada^site

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4Bunker to replace Lodge 4SVN adopts constitution ^Johnson meets Ky at Guam

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4Peace marches in U.S.

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4 NVA shells Con Thien

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4 U.S. ris^mes NVN air' raids 4'christman truce

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IDo'nfi Xoai battle 4^.3. strength in SVN is 181.000

1: i QJ&t resigns

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4'Marshal Ky forms new government

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4 Marines capture Hill 881

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4Fim.s.cale Israeli-Arab war

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I . I .Elements of lUl Abn arrive

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0.000 Buddhists demonstrate I I

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■ U.S. announces troop build-up ^U.S. strength is 148,000

.SecDef Conference at i Honolulu I

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4 Operation Cedar Falls 4Tet truce begins 4Tet truce ends

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4 NVA shells Con Thien

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4 U.S. to t)uild anti-missile defense

steel works 4Bunker to replace Lodge

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4Johnson meets Ky at Guam

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4Peace marches m U.S.

4 DRV reiecls Goldberg's peace plan

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4 Ouat resigns

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4lst Major U.S. ground offensive I I

4U.S. troops 1st maior attack

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4AHVN troops move against Buddhists Ju.S. acft. attack NVN POL installations

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4Marines capture Hill 881

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iQual nLmed new prem|pr i First U.S.^plane hit by SAM

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* lands at Da Nang V * loyalty |

4 U.S. acft. hit NVN raapr site

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I I

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■ evacuated I * confirmed in SVN

4U.S. air'strikes on NVN ^ SecDef arrives in VN

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4600 ROK-s arrive in SVN 4 SecDef Honolulu Conference 4 U.S.'White Paper | 4Republican "White Paper"

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lands at Da Nang i U.S. acft. hit NVN radar site

1 I

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A Operation El Paso H

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I I

AOperation Attleboro

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on Pentagon

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