TIMELINE OF THE VIETNAM WAR

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TIMELINE OF THE VIETNAM WAR
Timeline of the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). After World War II, France assumed that it would retake control of its colonial holdings in Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The Southeast Asian people had different ideas, however. After France's defeat by the Vietnamese in the First Indochina War, the U.S. became embroiled in a second war, which Americans call the Vietnam War.
 Background, 1930-1945: French Colonial Rule and World War II
Establishment of Indochinese Communist Party, Emperor Bao Dai Installed, Japanese Occupy Indochina, Ho Chi Minh and Americans Fight Japanese, Famine in Hanoi, Foundation of Viet Minh, Japanese Surrender, France Reclaims Southeast Asia More »
1945-1946: Post-War Chaos in Vietnam
U.S. OSS Enters Vietnam, Japan's Formal Surrender, Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence, British and Chinese Troops Enter Vietnam, French POWs Rampage, First American Killed, French Troops Land in Saigon, Chiang Kai-shek Withdraws, French Control South Vietnam More »
1946-1950: First Indochina War, France vs. Vietnam
French occupy Hanoi, Viet Minh Attack French, Operation Lea, Communists Win Chinese Civil War, USSR and PRC Recognize Communist Vietnam, U.S. and U.K. Recognize Bao Dai's Government, McCarthy Era in U.S., First U.S. Military Advisors to Saigon More »
1951-1958: French Defeat, America Gets Involved
France Establishes "De Lattre Line," French Defeat at Dien Bien Phu, France Withdraws from Vietnam, Geneva Conference, Bao Dai Ousted, North and South Vietnam Clash, Viet Minh Terror in South Vietnam More »
1959-1962: Vietnam War (Second Indochina War) Begins
Ho Chi Minh Declares War, First U.S. Combat Deaths, Attempted Coup and Diem Cracks Down, Viet Cong Founded, U.S. Military Advisor Build-up, Viet Cong Advances, First U.S. Bombing Runs Over Vietnam, Secretary of Defense: "We are winning." More »
1963-1964: Assassinations and Viet Cong Victories
Battle of Ap Bac, Buddhist Monk Self-Immolates, Assassination of President Diem, Assassination of President Kennedy, More U.S. Military Advisors, Secret Bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail, South Vietnam Overrun, General Westmoreland Appointed to Command U.S. Forces More »
1964-1965: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident and Escalation
Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Second "Gulf of Tonkin Incident," Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Flaming Dart, First U.S. Combat Troops to Vietnam, Operation Rolling Thunder, President Johnson Authorizes Napalm, U.S. Offensive Operations Authorized, North Vietnam Rejects Aid for Peace Deal More »

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The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange 

New York Times  A Must See Video!

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Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam
http://markrienzievietnamwar.blogspot.com/2015/08/exposureto-agent-orange-in-vietnam-for.html

AGENT ORANGE SPRAYED BY FIXED WING AIRCRAFT

AGENT ORANGE and HOMELESS VETERANS
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All Veterans Must Unite
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AGENT ORANGE FROM HELICOPTER ( NOTE DRUMS IN HELICOPTER)

1965-1966: Anti-War Backlash in U.S. and Abroad
First Large Anti-War Protest, Coups in South Vietnam, U.S. Draft Call-ups Double, Marines Attack on Da Nang Shown on U.S. TV, Protests Spread to 40 Cities, Battle of Ia Drang Valley, U.S. Destroys Food Crops, First B-52 Bombing, Downed U.S. Pilots Paraded Through Streets More »
1967-1968: Protests, Tet Offensive, and My Lai
Operation Cedar Falls, Operation Junction City, Huge Anti-War Protests, Westmoreland Requests 200,000 Reinforcements, Nguyen Van Thieu Elected in South Vietnam, Battle of Khe Sanh, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, General Abrams Takes Command More »

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The Tet Offensive A Brief Summary of What Should Have Not Happened!
http://markrienzievietnamwar.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-tet-offensive-brief-summary-of-what.html

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1968-1969: "Vietnamization"
Flow of U.S. Troops to Vietnam Slows, Battle of Dai Do, Paris Peace Talks Begin, Chicago Democratic National Convention Riots, Operation Menu - Secret Bombing of Cambodia, Battle for Hamburger Hill, "Vietnamization," Death of Ho Chi Minh More »
1969-1970: Draw Down and Invasions
President Nixon Orders Withdrawals, 250,000 Protestors March on Washington, Draft Lottery Re-instated, My Lai Courts-Martial, Invasion of Cambodia, U.S. Universities Closed by Riots, U.S. Senate Repeals Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Invasion of Laos More »
1971-1975: U.S. Withdrawal and the Fall of Saigon
Mass Arrests of Demonstrators in D.C., U.S. Troop Level Reductions, New Round of Paris Talks, Paris Peace Accords Signed, U.S. Troops Leave Vietnam, POWs Released, Clemency for Draft-dodgers and Deserters, Fall of Saigon, South Vietnam Surrenders More »

 

 Agent Orange in Vietnam - See Link: 
http://markrienzievietnamwar.blogspot.com/2015/08/exposureto-agent-orange-in-vietnam-for.html

AGENT ORANGE

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Co D 75 Infantry LRRP The Elite Combat Force

Vietnam 1969-1970

Airborne / Ranger Team Leader
5th Special Forces Recondo Certified
Staff Sargent (E6 11B4P)
38 Combat Missions NEVER LOST A MAN!!
Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Campaign, Combat Infantry Badge, Etc...
Discharge: Honorable
Lung Cancer, Neuropathy from Agent Orange, plus liver compromised, kidney issues, enlarged spleen, low platlets, etc.
PTSD confirmed!

SECRETS OF VIETNAM: THE LONG RANGE RECON PATROL (LRRP) 75th INFANTRY

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75th Infantry LRRP - Must See Video

SEE PICS BELOW!!!

THE 75TH RANGER REGIMENT IS A UNIQUE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE COMPRISED OF SPECIALLY SELECTED AND WELL TRAINED SOLDIERS CONSTANTLY TESTED FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN OUR REGIMENT. OUR FORCE PROVIDED AND STILL PROVIDES THE NATION A RANGE OF CAPABILITIES NOT FOUND IN ANY OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS OR CONVENTIONAL FORCE. WE EXECUTED SURGICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS RAIDS IN VIETNAM AS THE 75th INFANTRY LPPR. THERE WERE NO OTHER UNITS IN VIETNAM LIKE THE LRRPs.

 LONG RANGE PATROL (LRRP) WATCHING AND PLANNING

 LONG RANGE PATROL ON THE MOVE

 LRRP WATCHING

LONG RANGE PATROL CALLING IN POSITION / STATUS READY TO ASSAULT

MASSIVE SPRAYING OF AGENT ORANGE

BEFORE and AFTER AGENT ORANGE
DON'T TELL ME THAT AGENT ORANGE  KILLS FOLIAGE IN MASSIVE  AMOUNTS
AND HUMANS CAN NOT BE HARMED IN MANY WAYS!!
OUR PATHETIC GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES ASSUMES
PEOPLE ARE STUPID!
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The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange 
New York Times Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzvTB0mOS0w

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 Awareness, Knowledge, and Action Is Finally Happening About Agent Orange!

History created a Disaster and A Disease- 

Now The Latter is Creating History!

More Suffering, Affliction, Disagreement With The US Government and Change Inevitable.

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