Colonel George S. Patton commander of the Black Horse Regiment (11th ACR) in Vietnam & son of WWII General George S. Patton.
Just ask to see their Vietnam campaign medal.
Training & covert ops.
The war began when President Eisenhower sent US Advisers to Vietnam in 1955; however most historians consider the starting date of the war to be 1961, when President Kennedy sent the Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam.
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JFK created the Green Berets (US Army Special Forces) and the SEALS (US Navy former UDT) in 1961/1962. Kennedy "wanted" to fight a special war with special men. Which would've been the wise way to operate. But he was assassinated in '63. The traditionalist WWII Generals took over...and Vietnam escalated into a WWII war all over again.
Yes all the names are listed on the Vietnam War Memorial and can be looked up online.
The US were defeated in 1975. 40 years ago as of 2015. Someone 58 years old could have just barely served in the Vietnam war.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
the Vietnam War
The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.