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1954. Vietnam Splits In Two. Ho Chi Minh was North Vietnam’s leader. Unhappy kid working in North Vietnam. • France and Vietnam signed an agreement splitting Vietnam in half . •Children were separated with relatives and friends that live in the other part of the country.

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1954

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  1. 1954 Vietnam Splits In Two Ho Chi Minh was North Vietnam’s leader Unhappy kid working in North Vietnam •France and Vietnam signed an agreement splitting Vietnam in half •Children were separated with relatives and friends that live in the other part of the country •The North was under a communist dictator Ho Chi Minh Child separated from relatives

  2. August 2nd 1964 North Vietnamese boat shot torpedoes at an American ship American soldier in Vietnam Lyndon Johnson is the US president • Lyndon Johnson passes The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowing the US to use military force in Vietnam. • US sends hundreds of bombs to Vietnam •184,000 US troops were in Vietnam. Children’s parents had to go to Vietnam. Bombs in Vietnam

  3. June 15th 1965 USA bombs Hanoi House destroyed by USA bombs USA plane dropping bombs • Houses and shops destroyed •Many children’s parents died during bombing • Hundreds of children and adults killed Child lost a parents during bombing

  4. 9:47 a.m. September 2nd 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies Ho Chi Minh’s tomb North Vietnamese troops continue to fight • Ho Chi Minh died because of heart failure • North Vietnamese still continue to fight against the South • North Vietnamese kids and adults devastated to lose their leader Ho Chi Minh Family sad when Ho Chi Minh died

  5. 1973 USA troops leave Vietnam USA troop injured Family welcoming home USA troop • 58,000 American troops died in Vietnam •American children’s parents were killed in Vietnam • Many troops that left Vietnam were injured Kid greeting parent from Vietnam war

  6. 1975 Vietnam war ended Vietnamese soldiers graves The country unified when war ended • Many children died in the Vietnam war • 1.5 million north and south troops died in the war • Many children lost their parents in the war Child died in Vietnam

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