THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Richard Nixon
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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John Kennedy
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Lyndon Johnson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eisenhower (’59 photo); John F. Kennedy (’63 photo); Lyndon B. Johnson (’68 photo); and Richard M. Nixon (’70 photo).
Detailed explanation-2: -Presidents Truman and Eisenhower had commenced American involvement there by sending military advisers. Kennedy had begun assigning Special Forces military personnel to Vietnam, ostensibly in an advisory capacity as well, and there were about 20, 000 there when he was assassinated in 1963.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy became president. 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-4: -The United States committed some 550, 000 troops to the Vietnam front at the height of the conflict, suffered more than 58, 000 casualties, and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973.