Various reasons. If you go by American involvement in Vietnam, the dates will be different than the entire war itself. There was also a matter of secrecy as to just how long the US had been involved in Vietnam. For example, the first Special Forces soldier to die in Vietnam (Captain Harry Cramer, 1SFG) was killed in October of 1957, and his name was left off of the Vietnam Wall when it was unveiled in 1982, because the US government did not want to make it publicly known just how early on they had been involved in Vietnam.
(1959) 1964 -1975.
From the beginning of the French War (1946) until his death in 1969.
There are two dates for the American involved Vietnam War: 1955-1964 is the guerrilla war SOUTH Vietnam. 1965-1975 is the conventional war in both NORTH & SOUTH Vietnam. Note: North Vietnam was not bombed prior to 1965. NVA and USA regulars did not officially tangle prior to 1965.
In the beginning Ngo Dinh Diem, but they went throught many governments.
1 April - 22 June 1945 : the Battle of Okinawa lasted for 82 days .
Vietnam War Story - 1987 The Pass 1-3 was released on: USA: 1987
1955 to 1975
1955 to 1975
The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
What war for the first? Communists won the war in Vietnam.
Beginning with Eisenhower in '55 thru Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, and ending with Ford in '75.
The generally accepted beginning and end dates for WW2 are: 1 Sept 1939 to 2 Sept 1945.
to keep north Vietnam from taking over south Vietnam....
No
From the beginning of the French War (1946) until his death in 1969.
ending the vietnam war
Communist North Vietnam conquered the Republic of South Vietnam, thus ending the war.
There are two dates for the American involved Vietnam War: 1955-1964 is the guerrilla war SOUTH Vietnam. 1965-1975 is the conventional war in both NORTH & SOUTH Vietnam. Note: North Vietnam was not bombed prior to 1965. NVA and USA regulars did not officially tangle prior to 1965.