Heres why: Ike being a veteran WWII supreme commander briefed JFK on Indochina; but JFK got shot; his replacement, LBJ, got worn out by the war and refused to be commander in chief for another term; his replacement, Nixon, vowed to end the Vietnam War, but was wiped out by Watergate. It all came to an end on Ford's watch in '75.
johnson, nixon, and kennedy
US presidents consistently used the words, "stopping Communist aggression" during their speeches.
Presidents can fight in wars, but they can't fight while in office.
Of course! Everybody has to fight the Vietnam War because they wanted to stop the Battle and they have to show some guts to fight in the Vietnam War.
The United States lost the will to continue fighting. The Vietnamese, who were defending their own country, were willing to fight forever. The North Vietnamese saw no distinction between North and South Vietnam. Ed Vietnam War Veteran 1968-69
America helped out SOUTH Vietnam. NORTH Vietnam was attacking it.
To fight communists.
All US Presidents during the Vietnam War were WWII veterans; the closest US President today (post Vietnam) that comes close to serving in Vietnam was President George Bush Jr. He flew F-102 Delta Daggers with the Texas Air National Guard; a jet that also fought in the Vietnam War...of which about 14 F-102's were lost, one being shot down a NVAF MiG-21 interceptor. Although Bush Jr. did not deploy to South Vietnam, he could've, and his aircraft did fight there.
For the first time in history men could fly into battle, be picked up, and flown into another battle...fight after fight, until they were too tired to continue. All of this, was brought on by the helicopter!
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Eisenhower sent troops to South Vietnam so they can fight North Vietnam because North Vietnam wanted to take over South Vietnam and they did.
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