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Cuban airmen went to NORTH Vietnam in the late 60's and trained two sets of North Vietnamese MIG-17 airmen to attack US Navy warships in the South China Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean). One of the MIG's scored a direct hit on the USS Higsbee in 1972, destroying the 5" gun after mount, but causing no fatalities.
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The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
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The Soviet Union (USSR) supplied North Vietnam, and the US fought for South Vietnam.
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The Vietnam War might have been avoided, if communism had not been involved.
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