Both were "hot" battles of the cold war.
South Vietnam, supported by the United States, Korea, and Australia's military.
The truman doctrine
Johnson was president of USA at that time.
President's Wilson (Allied intervention in Russia), Truman (Korea), Kennedy (Vietnam, Cuba), Johnson (Vietnam), Nixon (Vietnam), Ford (Mayaguez incident), and Reagan (Grenada). If one considers the U-2 incident to be a military action, you could include President Eisenhower.
As in Korea and WWII, women in Vietnam were volunteers in both the military and civilian employment, with the majority of their effort addressed to the medical field.
Stop communist aggression.
Communist Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, And any other Communist Country. Communism is a military controled Government.
The Truman Doctrine was a governmental policy to stop the spread of communism in Europe and around the world with military and economic aid. The doctrine received bipartisan support and led to United States intervention in the Greek Civil War, Korea, and Vietnam.
Hawks in the context of the Vietnam War were individuals who supported a more aggressive approach towards the conflict, advocating for increased military intervention and escalation of the war. They believed in the necessity of using military force to achieve victory in Vietnam.
The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
Which Korea and which Vietnam? Today's Vietnam or the old North and South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh