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Initially, President Kennedy, then escalated by President Johnson. It shoud be noted however that when Kennedy took office in 1961, US Military Advisors were already present in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as part of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (Indochina) (MAAG). The CIA and Air America was fully involved alongside of the French Forces for the eight years of the Eisenhower administration and the US Military was training South Vietnamese not only in country but also at Stateside Military schools. By June of 1955 there were already 740 Advisors on duty in Vietnam with South Vietnamese units. South Vietnam and the French also had an Intelligence Unit provided by the US Army and the Naval Security Group and the National Security Agency, and an extensive Aviation presence in country long before Kennedy's election. For the US, Vietnam really began in September of 1950 under Truman with a 10 million dollar loan to the French of WWII surplus military equipment. Since his mantra was The Buck Stops Here I suppose we can blame the whole mess on Harry.

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