Which event most directly contributed to the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam? The U.S. military conducted a raid and massacre in the village of My Lai. U.S. public opinion against the war became very high during an election year. Nixon transferred control of most of the fighting to a strong South Vietnamese army. Violent protests erupted against the war and took place at the Democratic National Convention.
Nixon transferred control of most of the fighting to a strong South Vietnamese army. He introduced a new policy called Vietnamization. This was a policy to expand,equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.
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