Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
WWII
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Vietnam
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American involvement in Vietnam actually dates back to 1953, at the request of the French. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident is what led to an escalation of US involvement in 1965.
Mexico was neutral.
1954
1954
Involvement began with Eisenhower (Ike) in '55 & terminated with Ford in '75.
The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
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False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.
How did Martin Luther King, Jr., refer to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
Vietnam
yes...
yes...
They weren't.
1955.