In what sense? We had people over there beginning right after WWII; when the French got kicked out in 1954, we amped up our involvement, still only in an "advisory" capacity. From the late 50s through the early 60s, we steadily increased our footprint, with our "advisors" becoming more involved in combat operations. After the Tonkin Gulf incident in 1964, we began sending troops over without any fiction of "advising". In what sense? We had people over there beginning right after WWII; when the French got kicked out in 1954, we amped up our involvement, still only in an "advisory" capacity. From the late 50s through the early 60s, we steadily increased our footprint, with our "advisors" becoming more involved in combat operations. After the Tonkin Gulf incident in 1964, we began sending troops over without any fiction of "advising". Good points, Some people blame Kennedy & Johnson for the US involvement in Vietnam, most have no idea it was Ike who started troops there.
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The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.
The US and N.Vietnam agreed to a peace plan, but S. Vietnam rejected it, so it did not go through
The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
After the US withdrew from Vietnam the Vietcong came into power. South Vietnam fell under communist rule by the Vietcong.