To fight communism. To stop a communist nation (North Vietnam) from taking over a non-communist country (South Vietnam).
The US asked them to.
Special Forces (Green Berets) were sent to Vietnam by President Kennedy in the early 1960's. REGULAR US ground troops were sent in 1965.
Why US troops at Thailand tdy's in Vietnam 1962?
Vietnam. The last US troops left Vietnam in 1975.
The US.
No.
President Eisenhower sent US troops to Vietnam in 1955, President Ford pulled out the last US troops in 1975.
1974
1965
By the end of 1965, the United States had 184,300 troops in Vietnam.
The city on the coast of south Vietnam where the first US troops landed was Da Nang.
The US joined the Vietnam War in 1960 or 1955because there was a civil war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and the US was good friends with South Vietnam's goverment, so they helped out.