16 jul 1963 año - 16,000 US non-combat troops in vietnam
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BUILDUP UNDER JFK- followed Eisenhower’s domino theory→ continued sending military ‘advisers’ to train SV army/guard weapons (support, not combat; 16,000 of them by 1963); DIEM- dictatorial, protested by monks lighting themselves on fire- overthrown/killed by SV generals 2 weeks before JFK (we now know JFK admin had full knowledge of plan)Añadido al timeline:
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16 jul 1963 año
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