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  2. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 1969 - Hundreds of thousands of people attend mass protests across the United States for the United States to withdraw from the Vietnam War. November 15, 1969 - A second, larger protest takes place in Washington D.C., with an estimated 500,000 people. December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery since 1942 is held.

  3. National Security Action Memorandum 273 - Wikipedia

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    While National Security Action Memorandum 263, the result of a meeting that took place on October 5, 1963, had cited called for the withdraw of 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the end of 1963 and explicitly stipulated that no formal announcement should be made, National Security Action Memorandum 273 referred to a slightly ...

  4. United States Army during Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam War (1955-1975) confronted the US Army with a variety of challenges, both in the military context and at home. In the dense jungles of Vietnam, soldiers faced an invisible enemy using guerrilla tactics, while the difficult terrain, tropical diseases and the constant threat of ambushes strained the morale and effectiveness of the troops.

  5. National Security Action Memorandum 263 - Wikipedia

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    National Security Action Memorandum No. 263 was approved by President Kennedy on 11 October. NSAM 263 accepted the military recommendations of McNamara and Taylor, as follows: (1) changes to be accomplished by the government of South Vietnam to improve its military performance; (2) a training program for Vietnamese "so that essential functions can be carried out by Vietnamese by the end of 1965.

  6. United States news media and the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    The news then reflected communism and the Cold War.In asking how the United States got into Vietnam, attention must be paid to the enormous strength of the Cold War consensus in the early 1960s shared by journalists and policymakers alike and due to the great power of the administration to control the agenda and the framing of foreign affairs reporting.

  7. Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

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    The execution created an iconic image that influenced public opinion in the United States against the war. The events of Tet in early 1968 as a whole significantly altered public opinion regarding the war. US military officials had previously reported successful prosecution of counter-insurgency in South Vietnam.

  8. 1973 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South Vietnam as the struggle for ...

  9. 1975 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with the USSR Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin. He presented a letter from Ford requesting the Soviets to use their influence with North Vietnam to seek a cease fire in South Vietnam. In exchange, the US promised to withdraw from South Vietnam, cut off aid, and convene peace talks in Paris.