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27 January 1973: Paris Peace Accords Signed
After five years of tense negotiations, the Paris Peace Accords…
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13 June 1971: The Pentagon Papers are Released
On 13 June 1971, The New York Times published leaked documents…
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April 1971: Operation VVAW Dewey Canyon III, 500,000 March in Protest in Washington D.C.
Over a period of four days, from 19 to 23…
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12 November 1970: Calley Goes to Trial for Mỹ Lai Massacre
On 12 November 1970, 1st Lieutenant William “Rusty” Calley Junior…
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19 October-13 November 1970: The Tchepone Operation
By 1970, it was determined that the Royal Laos Armed…
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October 1970: Proposed Ceasefire and Start of the Khmer Republic
On 7 October 1970, US President Richard Nixon proposed a ceasefire…
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May 1970: Kent State University Shootings
On 4 May 1970, in direct opposition the US incursion…
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30 April 1970: The Cambodian Campaign
On 30 April 1970, US President Richard Nixon publicly announced…
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1 December 1969: US Government Institutes Draft Lottery
Contrary to the new Nixon Doctrine, in which the Nixon…
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