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Military advisors first arrive in vietnam
Harry Truman sent military advisors to South Vietnam to help with the First Indochina war. -
Us starts to get involved in the southern Asia conflict
Trying to stop communism in Vietnam and the nearby countries the United States sent troops to Vietnam only for the sole purpose of helping train the soldiers to increase the chances of winning the conflict. -
JFK assasination
JFK was killed making the future unknown for what he would have done -
LBJ was sworn in
On Air Force 1 LBJ got sworn in after JFK was killed changing how the war was going to go. -
Us night operation
The US help the South Vietnamese in a night operation in the northern territory. -
Golf of Tonkin Incident
The United States was in enemy water and a Vietnamese gunboats started firing at the us. -
False torpedos
false torpedos were spotted in the water during a storm and made the US. think they were being fired upon and made the United States involved in the war. -
Golf of Tonkin resolution
LBJ got permission from Congress to win the battle with whatever it took and started a trend in wars where presidents are in control more than Congress. -
Operation rolling thunder begins
The United States started to realize the Vietnamese were guerilla fighters so they started bombing the forest. -
ground troops first arrived at Vietnam.
LBJ ordered to have troop go to Vietnam and engage in combat with North Vietnamese. They arrived at Da Nang. -
LBJ added more group troops
LBJ wanted to have a lot more ground troops to help win the war and it made us more involved in the war. -
Operation starlight
The first major battle was between the United States and the North Vietnamese.