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President Truman said the policy for the US to help any country threatened by communism. This was addressed to congress.
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The US identify the Viet Minh as a communist threat.Our military will help France with their plans against the Viet Minh.
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This was the day that he explained the domino theory to the public. He explained how indochina was falling to communism and if someone doesn't stop it, it will keep spreading.
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This was the first time american soldiers were killed in Vietnam. The guerrilla soldiers came into their living corders.
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The United States sent Military advisers into south vietnam to train the south vietnamese soldiers. This trained them how to fight against the Vietcong guerilla soldiers.
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The USS Maddox was off the coast of Vietnam. They were no longer in international seas. The North Vietnam sent three torpedo boats and they started to fire on the USS Maddox. So we fired back sinking one and damaging the other two.
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After the first incident the USS Maddox was out on the water again. The general calls in saying they are under "attack". The US thinks this is a act of war.
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The Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave permission to president Johnson to make any necessary decisions. They gave him this power so that he can keep peace is southeast asia.
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This was the United States first time to bomb Vietnam. The Vietnam attacked our air base at Pleiku. This triggered the US reaction to bomb them.
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Rolling Thunder was a bombing campaign. The US military attacked targets with their aircrafts.
