1962

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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE

Vietnam - 1962

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Jan 12 - Operation RANCH HAND begins

Jan 12 - Operation CHOPPER begins

Feb 8 - Mil. Assistance Command - Vietnam formed

Feb 8 - Kennedy restricts trade with Cuba

Feb 20 - John Glenn 1st American to orbit earth

Feb 27 - S. Vietnam Presidential Palace bombed

Mar 22 - Operation MILLPOND begins

May 6 - Pathet Lao attacks in Laos

May 11 - U.S. sends troops to Thailand

Oct 14 - U-2 flights locate missile launchers in Cuba

Oct 16 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins

Oct 28 - Soviet missile removal agreement reached