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To: ManyMoose who wrote (193453)	1/19/2007 11:05:27 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Vietnam: American Military Advisors 1955-1965 _____________________________________________ olive-drab.com In September 1954, right after the Geneva Accords were signed on 20 July 1954, dividing Vietnam into north and south at the 17th parallel, President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote to the new Prime Minister of the Bao Dai government, Ngo Dinh Diem, promising United States support to ensure a noncommunist Vietnam. Following through on that commitment, direct United States aid to South Vietnam began in January 1955, and American advisors began arriving in February to train the South Vietnamese army.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (193453)	1/19/2007 4:16:21 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 793955

This argument gets really old. FDR and Truman had folks in Indochina during and after the war well in excess of anything Ike did. Ike had similar levels of advisors in dozens of countries. Kennedy went from advisors to special forces engagements. Johnson went in with regular Army and Marine forces. None of the previous Presidents are comparable to Johnson's escalation into full war.