No. President Kennedy sent advisors to South Vietnam, not Korea.
Vietnam was the slow-growing cancer that allowed advisers to become involved. JFK sent the SEALS and Green Berets to Southeast Asia (Vietnam). JFK authorized the "Green Beret" for the US Special Forces. The SEALS were converted UDT men (Under Water Demolition men, aka Frogmen); they too were converted to SEALS on JFK's watch.
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The US had military advisers in Vietnam under Kennedy, but the was did not really start for the US Johnson became President.
President Kennedy believed in the "Domino Theory" that required Communism to be contained in every instance. Therefore in his first speech on becoming president, Kennedy made it clear that he would continue the policy of the former President, Dwight Eisenhower, and support the government of Diem in South Vietnam.
Pick your President: Truman gave financial and material support to the French. Eisnenhower sent in Military Advisors and Air America. Kennedy sent in the Green Berets. Johnson sent in the Marines, and Nixon added Laos and Cambodia to the battle.
The earliest records of US advisors in Vietnam were from the Kennedy Administration (1960-1963), Kennedy was a strong supporter of the "Domino" Theory and was providing a lot of support to the leader of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, it included US Advisors for training, strategy and maintenance, military aid of equipment, vehicles and weapons and huge amounts of monetary aid as well.
Kennedy served in the US Senate before becoming president. Before entering US politics, he worked for the US military service.
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At first he sent in about 50 military advisors. Later, he expanded this to more "advisors" and even military troops.
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Yes, President Kennedy did increase the number of advisors and aides to South Vietnam, in an attempt to prop up the unpopular leader, Ngo Diem
Kennedy was asked to send additional troops to Vietnam. He sent additional troops and military advisors over to Vietnam to help.
There were not any troops in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration. Just 500 military advisors. Kennedy was assassinated before we sent troops
He Sent them to Help The South Vietnamese Against The North Vietnamese
The US had military advisers in Vietnam under Kennedy, but the was did not really start for the US Johnson became President.
Involvement in South Vietnam began in 1953 under the Eisenhower administration with 900 military advisors and US Air Force pilots flying for CAT (Air America). When President Kennedy was elected in November of 1960, Ike advised him that Vietnam and Southeast Asia were the critical area and needed a high priority for military assistance.
Ex-Comm was the specific group for the Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy believed in the "Domino Theory" that required Communism to be contained in every instance. Therefore in his first speech on becoming president, Kennedy made it clear that he would continue the policy of the former President, Dwight Eisenhower, and support the government of Diem in South Vietnam.
Pick your President: Truman gave financial and material support to the French. Eisnenhower sent in Military Advisors and Air America. Kennedy sent in the Green Berets. Johnson sent in the Marines, and Nixon added Laos and Cambodia to the battle.