END+of+Vietnam+War

=The End of the Vietnam War= -Richard Nixon elected. Promises "peace and honor" in Vietnam -Vietnamization- Nixon's policy for winding down war... troops withdrawn, training and equip given to south vietnamese, by 1972 only 24200 troops remained -bombing rads increased, hurt North Vietnam supply -bombing expands to Laos and Cambodia -US ground forces invade Cambodia in spring 1970 -Nixon goes on tv and explains what happens -protest increases -more upheal and student unrest -may 4, 1970, Kent State University. protest, national guard comes and a few student dies -Nixon loses support from public and Congress Gulf of Tonkin Resolution repealed -Pentagon Papers come out. what was known in public was not what was really happening, info in papers, are in NYTimes -peace talks 1972. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. "peace is at hand" -Nixon realected. more bombs dropped in 1972 summer -jan 27, 1973. agreement reached on ending the war and restoring peace in vietnam -all US prisoners of war returned -1975, North Vietnam military attacks Saigon falls -Vietnam reunited under communism