With Kennedy gone, WWII Generals got the green light to turn Vietnam from a guerrilla war into a WWII conventional war...with B52s, tanks, and a battleship (USS New Jersey).
Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to Vietnam in '55.
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Ngo Dihn Diem was the first President of the Republic of South Vietnam, he held office from 1955 to 1963. On November 2, 1963 he was assassinated in a military coup.
The Vietnam war. Or the Resistance War Against America.
yes Ijust got my print out from the American War library and it was listed as issued
Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to Vietnam in '55.
1963
Eisenhower 1955-1960, Kennedy 1961-1963 (assassinated in 1963), Johnson 1964-1968, Nixon 1969-1973 (resigned-Watergate Scandal), Ford 1974-1975.
The president of South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
Ngo Dinh Diem was the leader of South Vietnam until he was assassinated in November of 1963
Total American deaths in Vietnam from 1959 through the end of 1963 were 195. Therefore the total by Nov. 1963 would not be more than that and possibly somewhat fewer. Reference: http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13
Kennedy supported a coup in South Vietnam.
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WWII Generals took over, and Vietnam escalated into conventional warfare.
President Diem in 1963.
Vietnam War 1961-1975.
Back in 1963.