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Growth of U.S. Troops in Vietnam Tracked Through 1966
The chronology shows U.S. troop levels rising from 300 advisers in 1955 to about 525,000 by 1967, detailing key dates from 1955 to 1966 including Kennedy and Johnson administrations, major deployments, and battles such as Pleiku and the Tonkin incidents. It notes shifts in command, updates on casualties, and planned troop increases as the war expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
Paul Harkins
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
Maddox
C. Turner Joy
Tonkin
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Pleiku
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
da Nang
Pentagon
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Demilitarized Zone
Correa
Peter McGavin
Afl-Cio Maritime Trades Department
Mekong Delta