U.S.+Involvement+1968-70

** 1968 ** (William L. Allen)
 * U.S. Involvement 1968-70**
 * January 30 - 31 The Tet offensive erupts throughout South Vietnam lasting through late February.
 * March 16 The My Lai massacre takes place.
 * March 31 President Johnson announces he will not be running for re-election.
 * May 3 President Johnson accepts a North Vietnamese offer to conduct preliminary peace discussions.
 * May 4 - 5 A wave of attacks hit 109 cities, towns, and bases in South Vietnam.
 * November President Nixon is elected and promises to withdrawal from Vietnam.
 * December 31 American military strength in South Vietnam is 536, 100.



1969
1970
 * February 25 Formal truce negotiation begin in Paris.
 * April 30 The U.S troops peak at 543,400. 33,641 Americans were killed in the war, greater than killed in the Korean War.
 * September 16 President Nixon withdraws 35,000 soldiers from vietnam and reduces the draft numbers.
 * November 15 the mobilization peace draws about 250,000 in Washington for the largest Anti-War protest.
 * December 1 First draft lottery since world war II is held in New York City.
 * june 22 American usage of jungle defoliants in vietnam is halted.
 * August 11 South Vietnamese troops take over the defense of border positions from U.S troops.
 * October 24 South Vietnamese troops begin a new offensive into Cambodia.
 * November 20 American troops decrease to 334,600.

All facts by Allen, William L., Colonel Ray L. Bowers, et al. //The Vietnam War//. New York, New York: General Publishing Company Limited, 1979. 260.

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