jul 16, 1963 - 16,000 US non-combat troops in vietnam
Description:
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)Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 16, 1963
Now
~ 62 years ago