Vietnam
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
the attack of two U.S. destroyers by the North Vietnamese. Gradpoint
US forces could attack or re-supply ANYTIME & ANYWHERE!
Defeating the "commies" over there before the "Reds" attack us at home. Defeating the "terrorists" over there before they attack us here. It does seem similar.
Approximately 7,527 US military females (nearly all nurses) served in Vietnam; 5,000 US Army; 2,000 US Air Force; 500 USN; and 27 USMC. Seven nurses were killed in accidents in Vietnam, and one nurse was killed during a communist rocket attack.
Lyndon Johnson was the one who escalated the conflict into a full scale war. However, Eisenhower sent in military advisers and Kennedy deepened the US commitment to the keeping a non-Communist government in Vietnam.
Military attacks had been going on in SOUTH Vietnam since '55. LBJ was the first US President to launch an attack on NORTH Vietnam in August 1964; after the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf