John F. Kennedy - Committed the first combat troops to Vietnam
Time: Monday Mar 8, 1965
Place: Vietnam
Details: On March 8, 1965, his successor, President Lyndon Johnson, committed the first combat troops to Vietnam and greatly escalated U.S. involvement, with forces reaching 184,000 that year and 536,000 in 1968.
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