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First Military advisors
Truman sent the first military advisors to Vietnam in 1950 to assist the French in the first Indochina War not for combat but to oversee the use of the $10 millions of equipment. -
Diem Assassination
Ngo Dinh Diem was murdered by the coup that was funded by the US and further took the US into the involvement in Vietnam. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
The incident in the gulf was a attack from the NVA which was provoked by the US who was attacking some of their bases along the coastline and the US said the NVA attacked them 2 times which is a lie -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
Was a bill allowing Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
First wave of combat troops
3,500 Marines came ashore at Da Nang the first wave of combat troops to sent to Vietnam adding to the already 25,000 military advisors.
