THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -In September 1950, President Harry Truman sent a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) to Vietnam to assist the French in the First Indochina war.
Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1961, JFK authorized sending an additional 500 Special Forces troops and military advisors to assist the pro Western government of South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -May 1961-President Kennedy sends 400 American Green Beret ‘Special Advisors’ to South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese soldiers in methods of ‘counter-insurgency’ in the fight against Viet Cong guerrillas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first American combat troops in Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3, 500 Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrived in Da Nang to protect the U.S. airbase there from Viet Cong attacks.
Detailed explanation-5: -Because the United States policy at the time, dictated that the spread of communism could threaten the freedom of all people, President Kennedy sent 16, 000 American “Advisers” to South Vietnam to help stop the north from a military invasion of the south.