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| Arc Light Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| 1st June The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,000 |
| Capture of Tchepone Lam, Hoang Xuan |  |
| Mar Tchepone Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches |
| Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 23rd April Washington Vietnam veterans return medals & military decorations in anti war protests on Capitol |
| 24th April Washington 200,000 people attend an anti war demonstrations in Washington DC |
| 3rd May Washington Anti war protest in Washington DC |
| Invasion of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th Feb The Sth Vietnemese are driven out with heavy casualties |
| 13th Feb USAtroops support Sth Vietnam in their invasion of Laos |
| Invasion of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 7th April Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops |
| 12th Nov Nixon proclaims the end of any offensive role in Vietnam |
| 12th Nov Sets Feb 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops |
| Lamson 719 Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Ho Chi Minh Tr Reports Sth Vietnam has been routed & had failed to destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail |
| Ho Chi Minh Tr Sent by Kissinger to Laos to assess Operation Lamson |
| Lamson 719 Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Ho Chi Minh Tr Supports the South Vietnamese penetration of southern Laos |
| 8th Feb Ho Chi Minh Tr Gives USAair support for a sth Vietnamese raid on the Ho Chi Minh trail |
| Lamson 719 Hoang, Xuan Lam | |
| Ho Chi Minh Tr Leads the South Vietnemese forces which are sent into Laos |
| Lam Son Lam, Hoang Xuan | |
| 8th Feb Commands 17,000 ARVN troops to cut off Viet Cong supply lines |
| Mar Tchepone Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches |
| Lam Son Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 8th Feb Launched to block the Viet Cong supply lines & prevent an invasion |
| Massacre My Lai Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 31st Mar My Lai Convicted by a military tribunal of killing civilians at My Lai |
| Massacre My Lai Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 31st Mar Washington William Calley is sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 20 yrs |
| 6th April Washington Frees Lt William Calley after his conviction of killing civilians at My Lai |
| Peace McGovern, George | |
| Senate defeats a bill co-sponsored by McGovern to bring all the GIs home by Dec 31 |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Elseberg, Daniel | |
| 28th June Admits to delivering the Pentagon Papers to New York Times |
| Scandal McNamara, Robert | |
| 13th June An account of the war commissioned by McNamara is leaked to the New York Times |
| Scandal Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Attempts to prevent further publications by researchers headed by Robert McNamara |
| Washington The Supreme Court allows the publication of the Pentagon Papers to continue |
| Trial of Calley, Jnr Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 31st Mar My Lai Convicted by a military tribunal of killing civilians at My Lai |
| 31st Mar My Lai William Calley is sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 20 yrs |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 7th April Washington Announces on TV that "Vietnamization has succeeded" |
