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The Vietnam War Mr. Dundon Seton Catholic Central High School

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Background of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War began with President John F. Kennedy sending U.S. military advisors to South Vietnam in 1961 to help train the South Vietnamese Army. After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in August of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated U.S. involvement in South Vietnam by sending U.S. ground forces into the country.

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Vietnam and the media Dan Rather, reporting from Vietnam The Fall of Saigon Why was Vietnam different from previous wars in American history? How did technology affect peoples feelings about the war?