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Vietnam- Jan 31, 1968- Gen Leonard Chapman replaces Gen Wallace Greene as Commandant of the Marine Corps.

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Vietnam- Jan 30, 1968- Tet- VC and NVA, in a coordinated offensive attack several cities including Hue and the US Embassy in Saigon.

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Vietnam- Jan 29, 1968- In his annual budget message, President Johnson asks for $26.3 billion to continue the war.

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Vietnam- Jan 28, 1969- Paris peace talks, the NLF delegation rejects the US proposal for a POW exchange as well as other proposals.

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Vietnam- Jan 27, 1971- Both sides declare separate truces in observance of Tet. There are 53 reported violations during the truce.

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Vietnam- Jan 26, 1968- S Vietnam: In honor of Tet, President Thieu grants amnesty to nearly 500 prisoners and lifts Saigon's nighttime curfew.

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Vietnam- Jan 25, 1968- The NVA strengthen their position in South Vietnam by capturing an outpost inside Laos, 9 miles west of Khe Sanh.

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Vietnam- Jan 24 1969 S Vietnam government bans firecrackers during Lunar New Year after VC used their noise to conceal attack during Tet 68.

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Vietnam- Jan 23 1968- US intelligence vessel, The Pueblo with crew of 83 seized by North Korean patrol boats in the sea of Japan.

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Vietnam- Jan 22 1969- US troops find 56 Vietcong and 100 women and children in a tunnel complex on Cape Batangan.

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Vietnam- Jan 21 1968- Khe Sanh besieged by the North Vietnamese Army.

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Vietnam- Jan 20 1969- Richard Nixon is inaugurated as President of the United States.

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Vietnam- Jan 19 1967- China joins North Vietnam issuing a 2nd warning to Thailand against any military intervention in the Vietnam War.

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Vietnam- Jan 18 1968- The Cambodian government charges that allied forces entered 200 yards into her territory, killing three Cambodians.

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Vietnam- Jan 17 1968- President Johnson declares in his State of the Union message the bombing would stop immediately if talks resumed.

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Vietnam-Jan 16 1969- An agreement is reached in Paris for the opening of expanded peace talks to include the US, NV, SV and the National Liberation Front.

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Vietnam-Jan 15 1967- US planes resume air strikes against Hanoi area for first time since December 1966.

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Vietnam-Jan 14 1969 US forces kill 122 enemy troops while pushing back an attack on a supply convoy north west of Saigon. 7 US killed, 10 wounded.

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Vietnam-Jan 13 1969- US & South Vietnamese troops place in custody 470 suspected VC in effort to clear guerrilla forces from Cape Batangan.

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Vietnam-Jan 12 1968 The US and Cambodia announce agreement on measures designed to isolate Cambodia from the war.

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Vietnam-Jan 11 1969- Cambodia- A US helicopter is shot down by Cambodian anti-aircraft gunners. 1 crew member killed, 3 are rescued.

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Vietnam-Jan 10 1969- North Vietnam reports downing an unmanned US reconnaissance plane over Thaibinh province.

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Vietnam-Jan 9 1968- Vietcong forces overrun a US airfield in Kontum, killing 7 Americans and wounding 25.

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Vietnam-Jan 8 1968- South Vietnamese police arrest 100 peasants in Danang for protesting against the US presence in Vietnam.

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Vietnam-Jan 7-11 1971 Defense Secretary Melvin Laird visits Thailand & South Vietnam, announcing the end of US 'combat responsibility' by mid-summer.

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Vietnam-Jan 6 1967- Operation Palm Beach begun by US Ninth Infantry Division in Dinh Tuong Province, IV Corps

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Vietnam-Jan 5 1967- The 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry, Marines lands in the Mekong Delta, 62 miles south of Saigon.

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Vietnam-Jan 4 1969- President-elect Richard Nixon announces he will ask Ellsworth Bunker to remain as Ambassador to South Vietnam.

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Vietnam-Jan 3 1968- Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Vietnam-Jan 2 1968- Saigon expels Newsweek reporter Everett Morton for writing articles critical of the South Vietnamese army.

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Vietnam-Jan 1 1967- 5000 US soldiers of 9th Infantry Division arrive in Vungtau. The Vietcong propose Tet truce be extended to Feb 15th.