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When did US Military Intervention in Vietnam take place

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March 8th, 1965, when the first Navy ship of Marines landed in Vietnamese soil at Da Nang

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How many troops were there by the end of 1965

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200,000 American troops

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Who was involved?

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Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) - Vice President of US
John F Kennedy (JFK) - President
Harry S Truman - Former President
General Giap - Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh - Viet Minh leader
Pham Van Dong - Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)
Ngo Dinh Diem - Prime Minister of South Vietnam

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How did it happen?

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After tensions had been boiling for years, LBJ used the excuse of the Gulf of Tonkin incident to finally send US troops to Vietnam and directly combat the North and communism.

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