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1954 the French lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu and departed Vietnam. 1954 North and South Vietnam are created at the 17th parallel. 1960 President D. Eisenhower prepares incoming President Kennedy with Vietnam Intelligence and the Domino Theory 1961 President Kennedy sends military advisers/Green Berets to South Vietnam 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated 1965 President Johnson sends US Marines to Vietnam 1968 President Johnson refuses to be re-elected/Senator Robert Kennedy assassinated/Martin Luther King assassinated/TET offensive Vietnam War 1969 US lands man on the moon 1970 President Nixon orders US Troops attack into Cambodia 1971 President Nixon orders US/allies attack into Lao's 1972 President Nixon orders MAXIMUM EFFORT B-52 Bomber Strikes into North Vietnam, Operations Linebacker I & II. Heavy B-52 losses. 1973 Paris Peace Accord signed US withdraws from Vietnam, Watergate destroys President Nixon's administration. 1975 President Ford is Commander in Chief when South Vietnam falls to communists in 1975. United States has since lowered US voting age to 18, and is phasing in the "all voluntary" Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. 1983 President Reagon launches FIRST US Military offensive action since Vietnam with "Operation Urgent Fury" against Grenada. 1989 US military launches "Operation Just Cause" against Panama. BERLIN WALL COMES DOWN. 1990 USSR Collapsed. Soviet Union NOW CALLED RUSSIA (again). Iraq moves into Kuwait, US "Operation Desert Shield" begins. 1991 "Operation Desert Storm" begins; ends less than 30 days later, complete success. 2001 Terrorists attack twin towers in NYC, NY, USA. US Sends troops to Afghanist

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