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Lyndon B. Johnson declared U.S entry into the war with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Ngo Dihh Deim was President of South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh was President of North Vietnam

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President Eisenhower sent US advisers to Vietnam in 1955. President Kennedy sent US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam in 1961. President Johnson sent US regular forces to Vietnam in 1965.


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