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1965 Johnson sends large numbers of troops to fight alongside the South Vietnamese

Contain Communism BUT…. “…not about to send American boys 9 to 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves” BUT HE DID IT!!!!!

Some see Johnson’s decision contradictory to his position on the war in his presidential campaign 1965 Poll shows 61% of Americans supporting U.S. Policy in Vietnam

Secretary of Defense – Robert McNamara Secretary of State – Dean Rusk

By End of 1965 more than 180,000 American Troops in Vietnam By 1967 we have 500,000 troops in Vietnam

General Requests more troops West Point Graduate

Army of Republic of Vietnam South Vietnamese Army

Knowledge of Jungle to Vietcong Advantage –Hit-and-Run –Ambush –Elaborate tunnels –Surprise attacks