1883-1945 - Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 - Communists in the north ...

1946 – Communists in the north begin fighting France for control of the country. 1949 – France establishes the State of Vietnam in the southern half of the country. 1951 – Ho Chi Minh ...

That’s when Paris signed the Peace Accords with the North Vietnamese, which allowed them to create a military presence in South Vietnam. “South Vietnam was essentially created at that point ...

The Vietnam War – one of the 20th century’s longest military conflicts – began, according to most historians, with active US military involvement in the region in 1954, although its underlying origins ...

Heck yeah, it’s about time,” Cardia said before the start of a Vietnam War commemoration ceremony in North Aurora Sunday morning. “I’m 78 years old and I knew I was going (to the war).

The Battle of Ia Drang // November 14–18, 1965 The Battle of Ia Drang was an assault on Vietnam’s central highlands as part of North Vietnam’s Pleiku offensive that began on November 14 ...

The end of French Indochina meant major changes in the region, including the partitioning of Vietnam into Communist North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, and U.S.-aligned South Vietnam. This year marks ...

Vietnam Era veterans were honored on Saturday afternoon during a special commemoration service at the Mellon Veterans Heritage Center in North East. This event was for anyone who served between 1955 ...