On 2 August 1964, North Vietnam attacked two US Destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Congress authorized President Johnson to react militarily
Nixon.
Liberated the region from Japan, by defeating Japan in WW2.
The North.
The US Civil War and Vietnam War were undeclared wars. WWII was America's last declared war.
The draft.
Because President Nixon wanted an unpopulare war, but some people liked it and except.hippies didnt
Over 7,500 US military women nurses volunteered to go to Vietnam.
The French Indochina War.
No the Cold War was the reason why the Vietnam War happened.
Commander in Chiefs were Johnson & Nixon; Vietnam US commander's were US Army Generals Westmoreland & Abrams.
Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Ford; all sent US forces to the war. Nixon sent replacements, Ford sent replacements and US Marines.
Many died