1960 lincoln continental limousine jfk 1

vietnam

By Cero13

  • the hawks

    the hawks
    the hawks recalled the Munich pact of 1938, which was intended to appease that led to world war 2

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords
    the French and viet nih signed the geneva accords

  • President of south vietnam

    President of south vietnam
    he declared himself president of south vietnam

  • the military

    the military
    the number of military advisers had soared to around 9,000.

  • assault by the U.S.

    assault by the U.S.
    The first major assault by U.S. ground troops called Operation Starlite took place in aigust 1965 against 1500 viet cong who were prepering to attack a U.S. air base near the coast

  • an american war

    an american war
    starting in 1965 with the landing of the first combat forces , the conflict in vietnam changed

  • ATTACK

    ATTACK
    after the viet cong attacked a U.S. air base in the south. LBJ responed by ordering the bombing of barracks and military staging areas north of the 17th parallel.

  • marines

    marines
    on march 8, 1965 about 3,500 u.s. marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang South Vietnam

  • americans

    americans
    by late 1967 nearly half a million americans ere serving in vietnam and more were streaming into the country