Nixon Flashcards
Dec 1968
537,100 US military personnel in South Vietnam
April 1969
543,000 US military personnel in South Vietnam
Nov 1969
Story of the Mai Lai massacre breaks; large anti-war protest
Dec 1969
475,200 US military personnel in South Vietnam
May 1970
US invade areas of Cambodia; large anti-war demonstration. 4 killed at Kent State University
Dec 1970
Congress forbid US ground troops in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand; 334,600 US military personnel in South Vietnam.
Dec 1971
158,120 US military personnel in South Vietnam
April 1972
Heavy bombing of North Vietnam (Linebacker I)
Oct - Dec 1972
Agreements made and then NV walk out.
Dec 1972
Operation Linebacker II - heaving bombing of North Vietnam; 24,000 US military personnel in South Vietnam
Jan 1973
Ceasefire agreed in Paris
March 1973
Withdrawal of US forces.