President Kennedy sent only advisors, arms, and money into South Vietnam, President Johnson escalated the war and committed U.S. troops.
Benefits come FROM the VA (Veterans Administration). You must communicate with them.
Geno Washington has written: 'The blood brothers' -- subject(s): African American veterans, Fiction, Slavery, Veterans, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Most historians accept 1961 as the starting date.
Most historians like to use the year 1961 as a starting point.
Robert Lee Robinson has written: 'Blinded veterans of the Vietnam era' -- subject(s): Blind, Congresses, Disabled veterans, Medical care, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
Joseph Flynn has written: 'Digger' -- subject(s): Photographers, Fiction, Veterans, Tunnels, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Dave King has written: 'The ha-ha' -- subject(s): Boys, Fiction, Male friendship, Mute persons, Veterans, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
R. Lanny Hunter has written: 'Living dogs and dead lions' -- subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Fiction
Robert E. Klein has written: 'School enrollment among male veterans and nonveterans 20 to 34 years old, October 1983' -- subject(s): Education, School enrollment, Statistics, Veterans 'Disability, VA programs, and labor force status among male Vietnam era veterans' -- subject(s): Disabled veterans, Employment, Veterans, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
The war began when President Eisenhower sent US Advisers to Vietnam in 1955; however most historians consider the starting date of the war to be 1961, when President Kennedy sent the Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam.
Sam Massey has written: 'Return of the Greek' -- subject(s): Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Gay men, Gay erotic literature, Sexual behavior, Veterans
Norwegian Veterans Association for International Operations was created in 1961.