Because our Navy destroyer was fired upon by North Vietnamese gun boats.
That was the story given to me and millions of others.
Because I loved and still do love my country, It was good enough reason..........
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
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No.
None. The US is not at war with Iraq. In Vietnam, the US was at war with North Vietnam.
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
The US went, fought, and departed.
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{| |- | The US involvement in Vietnam began in the 60's. The French had been involved in the war for a long time. Vietnam War went forward for a decade. |}
The war transitioned from a guerrilla war into a conventional war.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
Over 11,000 US Servicemen UNDER twenty years old were killed in the Vietnam War.
Vietnam was a French colony. The people went to war with France to gain their independence.
It was obvious North Vietnam wasn't going to quit; so the US declared victory and went home (from the GI's perspective).
The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.
It went from WWII to Vietnam.
We were at war with Vietnam because they disagreed with us about something.