The Vietnam War: A Chronology

1961Johnson Reports to Kennedy 1961Kennedy and Diem Meet 1961First US Helicopter Arrive 1962Strategic Hamlet Program 1962Agent Orange Introduced 1962Laos Agreement 1962US Helicopters Ordered to Shoot First 1963South Vietnamese Fire on Buddist Temples 1963Buddist Monk Sets Himself on Fire 1963Buddist Temples Attacked Throughout the South Vietnam 1963Diem Overthrown 1963Summary 1964New Leadership 1964U.S.S Maddox Attacked 1964First US Air Attack on North Vietnam 1964Tonkin Gulf Resolution

1965South Vietnamese Army Defeated at Binh Gia 1965Buddist Demonstrate Against Huong 1965Rolling Thunder Launcher 1965First US Combat Troops Arrive 1965First Campus Sit-In 1965First MIG Intercepted 1965Marine Reinforcements Sent to Vietnam 1965US Suspends Air Raids 1965Australian Troops Arrive in North Vietnam 1965U.S. Combat Troops Officially in Combat 1965First B-52 Raids 1965First US Offensive 1965First Medal of Honor Winner in War 1965First SAM Attack on US Plane 1965US Troops Strength Increased by 125,000 1965Operation Starlite 1965US Attacks in Central Highlands 1965115 Targets Hit in North Vietnam 1965Bombing Halt 1966Operation Masher 1966U. S. Base Wiped Out 1966First B52 Raids on North Vietnam 1966First US Attacks Near Hanoi 1966Operation Hastings 1966Heaviest Air Raids of the War 1966Record Number of US Planes Downed 1967Operation Cedar Falls 1967First Bombing of Haiphong 1967Massive Anti War Demonstrations 1967US Victory Near KheSan 1967US Base Camp and Conthein Attacked 1967Conthein Attacked 1967Operation Kingfisher 1967Fire on the Forrestall 1967Battle of Queson Valley 1967Viet Cong Repelled at Locninh 1967Bloody Battle Near Dak To

1968Battle of Khe San 1968Tet Offensive 1968Westmoreland Demands More Troops 1968MyLai Massacre 1968Johnson Will Not Run 1968Second Communist Offensive 1968B–52 Bombing Near Cambodian Border 1969Communist End Tet Ceasefire 1969Secret Bombing of Cambodia 1969Battle of Hamburger Hill 1969250,000 March on Washington 1969Nixon Begins Withdrawal

1970Prince Sihanock Overthrown 1970Invasion of Cambodia 1971Cooper Church Amendment 1971Operation Lam Son Invasion of Laos 1971Operation Jefferson Glenn Ends 1971End of Year 1971 1972Easter Offensive 1972Last US Combat Battalion 1972End of the year 1972 1973Paris Peace Accords 1975Saigon Falls