Research: The Vietnam War Service Index, and The American War Library. In June of that year there were 740 Advisors. The total number of US Military present in country at that time was considerably higher.
US military advisors instructed South Vietnamese military men how to operate M-1 rifles, M-1 carbines, M-3 submachinguns, belt fed M-60 and WWII light & heavy machinguns, .45 pistols, 90mm & 106mm recoilless rifles, 60mm & 81mm mortars, clay more land mines (anti-personnel), M-113 APC's, M-41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, how to fly helicopters, how to build military bridges, how to fortify gun emplacements, how to build military compounds, how to utilize US military rations and medical supplies, and the functions of US uniforms, such as body protective armor (helmets/vests/etc.). Tactics and Strategies were studied & taught, as well as land navigation arts, such as map reading and compass usage. How to call in artillery and air strikes with the use of radios, maps, and compass.
First ground troops were sent to Vietnam in 1965.
President Eisenhower in 1955 (some sources might state 1954).
Ike began sending them over in 1955.
October 26, 1955 US promises aid to the newly established Republic of South Vietnam; US military men are in country and commencing operations April 1956. Last US military men depart 1975.
he sent the u.s. military to the Vietnam in 1955
US Military personnel were in Vietnam from 1955 thru 1975.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
No. The French were just leaving. Totally wrong answer. Advisors entered in 1953 and by June of 1955 a total of 740 Advisors were deployed with Vietnamese units. MAAG (Indochina) had a presence in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The CIA operatives and Air America surrogates were in place supporting France and South Vietnam.
The first "advisors" were sent by President Eisenhower on 12 February 1955. On 13 May 1961 President Kennedy sent the first Special Forces troops to Vietnam. In March of 1965 President Johnson sent in two Marine Infantry Battalions.
US military advisors instructed South Vietnamese military men how to operate M-1 rifles, M-1 carbines, M-3 submachinguns, belt fed M-60 and WWII light & heavy machinguns, .45 pistols, 90mm & 106mm recoilless rifles, 60mm & 81mm mortars, clay more land mines (anti-personnel), M-113 APC's, M-41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, how to fly helicopters, how to build military bridges, how to fortify gun emplacements, how to build military compounds, how to utilize US military rations and medical supplies, and the functions of US uniforms, such as body protective armor (helmets/vests/etc.). Tactics and Strategies were studied & taught, as well as land navigation arts, such as map reading and compass usage. How to call in artillery and air strikes with the use of radios, maps, and compass.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
First ground troops were sent to Vietnam in 1965.
Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to Vietnam in 1955.
US military men were exchanging gunfire with communist forces from 1955 to 1975.
President Eisenhower in 1955 (some sources might state 1954).
Ike began sending them over in 1955.