In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
Some people consider the year 1961 when President Kennedy approved the sending of the US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam. Some consider 1965, when President Johnson sent the US Marines to Vietnam (with the US Army following).
The United States entered the Vietnam War in 1954. They didn't leave the war until 1975. The war was over 20 years..
Guerrilla war restricted to RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) 1955; Conventional open warfare with North Vietnam 1964.
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
The Soviet Union (USSR) supplied North Vietnam, and the US fought for South Vietnam.
The war in Vietnam was similar to the US Civil War because the war involved North Korea versus South Korea.
Korea, Australia, Phillipines, and Canada all pitched in during the Vietnam war alongside the U.S. effort to preserve democracy in South Vietnam.
Vietnam war
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
No
yes
Vietnam and Korea .
Vietnam.
The Vietnam war. Or the Resistance War Against America.
The U.S. entered the Vietnam war in 1959 and withdrew in 1973
Since 1955.
1964-1975
1963
Vietnam War.
The US became involved in the Vietnam War in an attempt to stop the spread of Communism. The US worried that if South Vietnam fell, it would create a domino effect. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975.