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Old 04-14-2004, 03:07 PM
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Originally posted by having_fun
Still not quite, JFK changed the agreement, He ordered the change from advisors to combatants, which authorized the deployment of full military combat units to the conflict.


And LBJ lied when he said our troops were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin just so he'd have reason to send combatant troops.

I don't think there were any U.S. combatants on the ground in Vietnam prior to JFK's assassination. But I may be wrong. PF, can you help me out here??
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