Stop communist aggression.
America didn't want to be part of: WWI, WWII, Korea, or Vietnam.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).
Same reason Asians crossed the Bering Straits into North America; Same reason Europeans crossed the Atlantic into North America; Same reason Europeans opened up the west in North America (the westward movement); OPPORTUNITY.
US Servicemen had been fighting communists in South Vietnam since 1955.
The Vietnam War=the military draft!
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America fought against North Vietnam, in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat its invasion and conquest of South Vietnam.
contain communism
Our advisors were helping the French and we got sucked into it
Australia's view was generally in line with America's view.
America didn't want to be part of: WWI, WWII, Korea, or Vietnam.
Cambodia.
Vietnam wasn't fighting anybody in 1964 because there was no country named Vietnam. There were two nations, one called North Vietnam and another called South Vietnam. Just like the states North Carolina and South Carolina or North Dakota and South Dakota in America...FOUR separate states! In 1964 North Vietnam became engaged in war with America; after the Tonkin Gulf naval battle(s) in August 1964.
The policy of Soviet (Communist) containment meant that the communists would not be allowed to take over South Vietnam. We would destroy the communists in South Vietnam and contain them to NORTH Vietnam.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).