Operation Lam Sơn 719 ends with South Vietnamese withdrawal

Tens of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., after the Cambodian campaign and the deaths of students at Kent State. The protest connected opposition to the foreign war with domestic state...

Mississippi police and highway patrol officers fired into Alexander Hall during campus unrest, killing Phillip Gibbs and James Green and wounding others. The shootings followed Kent State but received...

Congress enacted restrictions on U.S. ground forces and advisers in Cambodia through the Cooper-Church amendment. The measure reflected legislative resistance to the expansion of the war and a renewed...

Operation Lam Sơn 719 sent South Vietnamese forces into Laos to disrupt supply routes, with U.S. air support but no U.S. ground combat units. The operation suffered major losses and demonstrated the...

South Vietnamese ground forces crossed into Laos with U.S. air and logistical support, seeking to disrupt the Hồ Chí Minh Trail. The operation tested Vietnamization and Laos’s sovereignty; Laotian...

Veterans gathered in Washington for a week of protest, testimony and public actions against the war. The protest challenged the claim that opposition came only from civilians and used veterans’...

Hundreds of veterans opposed to the war gathered in Washington and threw medals or ribbons toward the Capitol. Their action challenged the idea that dissent was disloyal to soldiers and drew attention...

The newspaper published classified Defense Department history revealing that successive U.S. administrations had misled the public about Vietnam. The Nixon administration sought to stop publication;...

Nixon announced that he would visit China, changing the strategic setting of the Vietnam conflict. U.S. leaders hoped improved relations with Beijing could influence Hanoi, revealing how Vietnamese...

Nixon’s visit opened a new phase in U.S.-China relations as the Vietnam War continued. The summit illustrated the unequal diplomatic field: Vietnamese independence struggles were discussed within...