1961 in the Vietnam War
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1961 in the Vietnam War
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January
- January 20, 1961
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th U.S. President and declares, "...we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to insure the survival and the success of liberty." Privately, outgoing President Eisenhower tells him "I think you're going to have to send troops..." to Southeast Asia.
February
The communist military force People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) is formed under the leadership of Tran Luong.[1]
May
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits President Diem in South Vietnam and hails the embattled leader as the "Winston Churchill of Asia."
October
As part of Farm Gate John F. Kennedy authorized the deployment of a detachment of Air Commandos to South Vietnam.
December
- December 22
The first American dies in a battlefield engagement. Cryptologist James T Davis was out on patrol on December 22, 1961 when ambushed. He and the group of South Vietnamese he was with were killed while fighting the Viet Cong communist insurgency.[2][3] [4]
Year in numbers
| Armed Force | Strength | KIA | Reference | Military costs - 1961 | Military costs - 2012 | Reference | |
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 South Vietnam ARVN |
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3205 [1] | 16 | [5] | ||||
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Notes
- ^ a b c Li 2007, p. 216
- ^ Hall 2009, p. 214
- ^ Discovery Channel, Top secret NSA, retrieved march 2011 from youtube
- ^ National Cryptologic Memorial (List of Names) - NSA/CSS nsa.gov, 2010 10 07, via www.nsa.gov on 2011 03 10
- ^ United States 2010
References
- Hall, Billy (2009). Bulletproof: In Vietnam (2009 ed.). AuthorHouse. ISBN 1-4490-4227-9. - Total pages: 224
- Li, Xiaobing (2007). A history of the modern Chinese Army (2007 ed.). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2438-7. - Total pages: 413
- United States, Government (2010). "Statistical information about casualties of the Vietnam War". National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. http://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics.html#country. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
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