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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE

Vietnam - 1965

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United States - 1965

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World - 1965

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Jan 20 - Johnson inaugurated President

Feb 6 - VC attack American base at Pleiku

Feb 7 - Operation FLAMING DART starts.

Feb 21 - Malcolm X shot to death.

Mar 2 - Operation ROLLING THUNDER starts

Mar 7 - Civil Rights Demonstration - Selma, AL

Mar 8 - Marines land near Da Nang

Mar 11 - Opertion MARKET TIME starts

Mar 18 - 1st Space Walk by Soviet Cosmonaut

Mar 30 - U.S. Embassy in Saigon bombed

Apr 3 - Operation STEEL TIGER starts

Apr 17 - March on Washington to End the War

Apr 28 - U.S. Troops occupy Dominican Republic

Apr 29 - Australia sends troops to Vietnam

May 1 - Battle of Dong Yin begins

May 3 - U.S. Army combat troops arrive in Vietnam

Jun 18 - Operation ARC LIGHT begins

Jul 16 - New Zealand sends troops to Vietnam

Jul 28 - Johnson announces troop increases

Aug 11 - Race riots in Los Angeles

Aug 18 - Operation STARLITE begins

Sept 11 - 1st Cavalry arrives in Vietnam

Oct 15 - Anti-war rallies in 40 U.S. cities

Nov 14 - Battle of la Drang Valley begins

Nov 27 - Anti-war demonstrations in Washington

Dec 5 - Operation TIGER HOUND started

Dec 18 - Operation GAME WARDEN started

Dec 24 - Johnson orders halt to bombing

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