jan 20, 1961 - Kennedy's involvement

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This is the date that John. F Kennedy started his presidency. Before his assassination, Kennedy used military advisors and special forces in Vietnam almost exclusively. In early 1962, Kennedy formally authorized escalated involvement when he signed the National Security Action Memorandum – "Subversive Insurgency (War of Liberation)". In his short run as president Kennedy had a lot of action as he would use a lot of the US military supply and resources to try and fight off communism.

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