Ike began sending them over in 1955.
US Military advisers in '55.
The Vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam. nova net
By the time of President Kennedy's assassination, he had sent 16,000 advisers to South Vietnam. Military operations conducted by the advisers was well beyond expressed congressional authorization. There was no Congressional resistance to this and only Senators Gruening, Morse and McGovern expressed opposition to this.
Communist influence & military infiltration into South Vietnam began almost immediately after the Geneva Accords divided the country into North & South in 1954/55. The war grew from that point.
Vietnam escalated like a cancer. From 1955 thru 1964 Vietnam was a guerrilla war fought in South Vietnam by US military advisers and Special Operations men (Green Beret and SEALs). From 1964 thru 1975 the war was fought, in addition to the above, by conventional forces (Tanks, Artillery, Infantry, Jets, Bombers, Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, and one battleship) in both North & South Vietnam.
The vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
US Military advisers in '55.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
1954 A+
The Vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam. nova net
US Military Advisers were in South Vietnam to help the South defend themselves. When that didn't work, US Regulars were sent in. When that didn't work, they vacated the field.
The seed was planted (Vietnam War) in 1955 when President Eisenhower sent US military advisers to South Vietnam .
America began reducing its troops since 1969, followed on Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy. However, not until Paris Peace Accords, signed in 1973, that U.S. military forces withdrew completely from South Vietnam. They still kept a number of military advisers and personnel till the fall of Saigon regime in 1975 though.
Dwight Eisenhower sent the first advisers to Vietnam. John F Kennedy sent the first US Green Berets to Vietnam. We could've not have to worry about the Vietnam but the US signed a document saying that the US will help with war with communism without hesitation.
By the time of President Kennedy's assassination, he had sent 16,000 advisers to South Vietnam. Military operations conducted by the advisers was well beyond expressed congressional authorization. There was no Congressional resistance to this and only Senators Gruening, Morse and McGovern expressed opposition to this.
Communist influence & military infiltration into South Vietnam began almost immediately after the Geneva Accords divided the country into North & South in 1954/55. The war grew from that point.