Nixon and withdrawal 1969-1973
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- Chapter 9
- 1968 November Nixon elected
- December 1968 approx. 537,100 US miltary personnel in South Vietnam.
- April 1969 US forces peak at 543,000
- September 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies
- November 1969 Story of My Lai massacre breaks
- December 1969 475,200 military personnel in South Vietnam
- March 1970 coup in Laos
- May 1970 US invade Cambodia 4 students killed at Kent State University, Ohio anti-war demonstrations
- December 1970 Congress forbids US ground troops in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
- February 1971 ARVN troops cross into Laos
- February 1972 Nixon visits China
- January 1973 ceasefire aggreed through peace talks
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