End+of+Vietnam

=End of Vietnam=

Richard Nixon elected -promises "peace with honor" in Vietnam -1968 Vietnamization- Nixon's policy for winding down the war -troops withdrawn -training and equiptment given to South Vietnamese Bombing raids increased, however -hurt supply line of North Vietnam -bombing expanded to other countries U.S. ground forces invaded Cambodia in Spring 1970 Americas shot at protest- 4 died -Nixon loses support from the public and Congress -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution repealed The Pentagon Papers Peace talks-1972 -Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho -"Peace is at hand" January 27, 1973 -agreement reached on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam -POW MIA