North Vietnam claimed that over 1, civilians were killed. The BH with a weapons payload of more than 70,lb is capable of carrying the most diverse range of weapons of any combat aircraft. The Air Force lost 15 B bombers, which amounted to a loss rate of less than two percent. China had become communist in and communists were in control of North Vietnam.
It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government. During the spring campaign in Virginia, Union On May 11, , the B. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announces it has developed a tubeless tire, a technological innovation that would make automobiles safer and more efficient.
Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. World War II. World War I. Vietnam War. Sign Up. While traveling to Saigon, the vehicle stops and Diem and Nhu are assassinated. At the White House, a meeting is interrupted with the news of Diem's death. According to witnesses, President Kennedy's face turns a ghostly shade of white and he immediately leaves the room.
Later, the President records in his private diary, "I feel that we must bear a good deal of responsibility for it. Saigon celebrates the downfall of Diem's regime. But the coup results in a power vacuum in which a series of military and civilian governments seize control of South Vietnam, a country that becomes totally dependent on the United States for its existence. Viet Cong use the unstable political situation to increase their hold over the rural population of South Vietnam to nearly 40 percent.
November 22, - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th U. He is the fourth President coping with Vietnam and will oversee massive escalation of the war while utilizing many of the same policy advisors who served Kennedy. November 24, - President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting with Ambassador Lodge in Washington. January 30, - General Minh is ousted from power in a bloodless coup led by General Nguyen Khanh who becomes the new leader of South Vietnam.
March - Secret U. Khanh "has our admiration, our respect and our complete support We shall provide whatever help is required to win the battle against the Communist insurgents. Following his visit, McNamara advises President Johnson to increase military aid to shore up the sagging South Vietnamese army. McNamara and other Johnson policy makers now become focused on the need to prevent a Communist victory in South Vietnam, believing it would damage the credibility of the U. The war in Vietnam thus becomes a test of U.
The cost to America of maintaining South Vietnam's army and managing the overall conflict in Vietnam now rises to two million dollars per day. March 17, - The U. National Security Council recommends the bombing of North Vietnam. President Johnson approves only the planning phase by the Pentagon. May - President Johnson's aides begin work on a Congressional resolution supporting the President's war policy in Vietnam.
The resolution is shelved temporarily due to lack of support in the Senate, but will later be used as the basis of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. The raids are supported by U. Navy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin including the destroyer U. Maddox which conducts electronic surveillance to pinpoint the radar locations. July 1, - General Maxwell D. During his one year tenure, Taylor will have to deal with five successive governments in politically unstable South Vietnam.
President Johnson also appoints Lt. Gen William C. Westmoreland to be the new U. During his acceptance speech Goldwater declares, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Goldwater is an arch conservative and virulent anti-Communist whose campaign rhetoric will impact coming White House decisions concerning Vietnam. Above all, Johnson's aides do not want the President to appear to be 'soft on Communism' and thus risk losing the November presidential election. But at the same time, they also want the President to avoid being labeled a 'war monger' concerning Vietnam.
July 31, - In the Gulf of Tonkin, as part of Operation Plan 34A, South Vietnamese commandos in unmarked speed boats raid two North Vietnamese military bases located on islands just off the coast. In the vicinity is the destroyer U.
Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin ten miles off the coast of North Vietnam. They fire three torpedoes and machine-guns, but only a single machine-gun round actually strikes the Maddox with no causalities. Navy fighters from the carrier Ticonderoga, led by Commander James Stockdale, attack the patrol boats, sinking one and damaging the other two. History Vault. Early 20th Century US. World War II. Vietnam War.
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