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Richard Nixon is Elected

Vietnamization- Nixon's policy for winding down the war. -Withdraw our troops -Training and equipment given to South Vietnamese -By 1972 only 24,000 troops in Vietnam

Bombing raids increased, however -Hurt supply lines of North Vietnam -Bombing expanded to other countries- Laos and Cambodia

U.S. ground forces invaded Cambodia in Spring 1970 May 4, 1970 Kent State had 4 students killed This leads to more domestic up heavel and student unrest

Nixon loses support from the public and Congress Gulf of Tonkin resolution repealed

The Pentagon Papers

Peace talks-1972 between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho "Peace is at hand"

In 1975 North Vietnam attacks Saigon Falls Vietnam is reunited under communism.

Southeast Asia 1.5 million Vietnamese deaths -countless Vietnamese civilians wounded, homeless - South East Asia left highly unstable -Cambodia fell to communism terror

58,000 Americans Killed 365,000 wounded $150 billion is direct costs U.S. attempts to come to grips with a "loss" - blow to self-esteem changes in U.S. policy

some veterans suffered from stress