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US started funding most of french involvement in vietnam. We both mutually hated communism.
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We sent 400 green berets to train troops in south vietnam so they could start fighting better as a group. Defend against viet cong.
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Many countries started believing the domino theory would takeover. started to up involvement in vietnam
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Attack on US destroyers. North vietnam was provoked cause we were shooting at their land.
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following Tonkin incident we decided to start bombing north vietnam. We expected to wipe them out very quickly.
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Johnson sent troops to vietnam for the first time because airstrikes weren't working. they expected it to be finished very quick. Mainly for base protaction
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Leading military commander says we need more troops. Johnson starts drafting so we have plenty of troops.
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First major battle with many american casualties. US won the battle barley we were outnumbered 8/1. Started using helicopters as transportation.
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the Pentagon declared that if the major operations needed to neutralize North Vietnamese and NLF forces were to succeed.
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ordered the execution of hundreds of villagers in lard numbers. The executions only stopped when US helicopters came to the scene.
