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| Alliance Ball, George |  |
| 24th May Asks the NSC to authorize the request of Laos & Sth Vietnam for armed forces |
| Ambassador Taylor, Maxwell | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Sth Vietnam |
| Battle of Tonkin Gulf Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 2nd Aug Tonkin Gulf A class that triggers USAbombing against Nth Vietnam |
| 2nd Aug Tonkin Gulf Claims USS Maddox was attacked 30 miles offsore not 13 miles claimed by nth Vietnam |
| 2nd Aug Tonkin Gulf The Tonkin Gulf incident is used to escalate the war in Vietnam |
| 2nd Aug Tonkin Gulf USS Turner Joy & Maddox report they have been attacked by Nth Vietnamese torpedo boats |
| 5th Aug Tonkin Gulf Orders the bombing of North Vietnamese bases in retaliation for the Tonkin Gulf attack |
| Bombing of Vietnam Khanh, Nguyen |  |
| 4th May Requests the USAAmbassador Henry Lodge to bomb North Vietnam |
| Chairman JCS Wheeler, Earle | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff |
| Chief of Staff Johnson, Harold | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Army |
| Commander Air Force South Vietnam Nguyen, Cao Ky | |
| Appointed Air Force Commander in South Vietnam |
| Commander in Chief Sharp, Jnr, Grant | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander Nguyen, Cao Ky | |
| Appointed Air Force Commander in South Vietnam |
| Coup d'Etat Khanh, Nguyen | |
| 29th Jan Hanoi A group of officers led by General Khanh seize power |
| Deputy Ambassador Johnson Johnson, Alexis | |
| Appointed Deputy Ambassador to Sth Vietnam |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Vance Vance, Cyrus | |
| Appointed Deputy Defense Secretary |
| General Westmoreland, William | |
| Appointed Commander of USAMilitary Assistance Command in Vietnam |
| Head of State Nguyen, Cao Ky | |
| Appointed Head of State for Sth Vietnam |
| Memorandum Anti War Ball, George | |
| Oct Issues a memorandum, a "challenge to the assumptions of our current Vietnam policy" |
| Mobilization McNamara, Robert | |
| Asks SAC to improve its capabilities for limited war |
| Nuclear Warfare Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 1st Nov China, North Vietnam's neighbor and ally, successfully tests an atomic bomb |
| Resolution Tonkin Gulf Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 7th Aug Tonkin Gulf Congress authorizes "measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the US" |
| 7th Aug Tonkin Gulf Enables Johnson to use armed force to help SEATO members to "defend their freedom" |
