United States in the Vietnam War

The role of the United States in the Vietnam War began soon after the Second World War and escalated into full commitment during the Vietnam War (1956-1975).

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UH-1D helicopters airlift members of a U.S. infantry regiment, 1966
Commandant of the Marine Corps Wallace Greene (left), III MAF commander General Robert Cushman (center), and General Westmoreland (right).
U.S. F-105 aircraft dropping bombs.
U.S. aircraft bombs NLF positions in 1965.
President Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam, 1967
President Johnson conferring with South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in July 1968.
U.S. Army photo of Vietnamese civilians killed during the My Lai massacre.
President Johnson in conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle Wheeler (center) and General Creighton Abrams (right).
President Nixon explains the expansion of the war into Cambodia.
A young Marine private waits on the beach during the Marine landing, Da Nang, 3 August 1965

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