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1954 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 Ho Chi Minh was North Vietnam’s leaderUnhappy kid working in North Vietnam Vietnam Splits In Two Child separated from relatives

August 2 nd 1964 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. American soldier in VietnamLyndon Johnson is the US president North Vietnamese boat shot torpedoes at an American ship Bombs in Vietnam

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

9:47 a.m. September 2 nd 1969 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 Ho Chi Minh’s tombNorth Vietnamese troops continue to fight Family sad when Ho Chi Minh died Ho Chi Minh dies

,000 American troops died in Vietnam American children’s parents were killed in Vietnam Many troops that left Vietnam were injured USA troop injuredFamily welcoming home USA troop Kid greeting parent from Vietnam war USA troops leave Vietnam

1975 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 Vietnamese soldiers gravesThe country unified when war ended Child died in Vietnam Vietnam war ended