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How U.S. role in Southeast Asia escalated in Vietnam
AP correspondent George Esper traces U.S. involvement from MAAG advisers in 1950 through the 1961 buildup under Kennedy. It covers Diem's regime, Geneva split, and the 1963 coup, noting rising U.S. aid, the 1,500 advisers by 1961, and eventual Tonkin-era expansion toward Thieu Ky rule.
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