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On March 8, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam, adding to the 25,000 U.S. military advisers already in place.
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The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region www.britannica.com-Vietnam-war-timeline -
The Battle of Huế, also called the siege of Huế, was a major military engagement by the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam. The battle was one of the longest and bloodiest of the war, and the battle negatively affected American public perception of the war. Notoriously known as the turning point of the war. www.businessinsider.com/anniversary-of-the-battle-of-hue-during-the-vietnam-war -
Former president Richard Nixon signed the Peace accord as an "agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.”
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The Vietnam War was not simply the wrong war; it was also fought in the wrong way. Military force should only be used decisively, not gradually. Civilian officials should set basic policy but allow the professional military to run wars without micromanagement.
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