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1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon

The arrival of the 900 military advisors in Saigon in 1961 marked the beginning of a major escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. This initial deployment was part of a broader strategy to assist the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the communist National Liberation Front (NLF) and its allies in North Vietnam.

The advisors were tasked with training and advising the South Vietnamese military, as well as providing logistical and intelligence support. However, their numbers would grow rapidly over the coming years, eventually reaching hundreds of thousands of troops as the conflict escalated into a full-scale war.

The Vietnam War would become one of the most controversial and divisive conflicts in American history, lasting until 1975 and resulting in the deaths of millions of Vietnamese civilians and soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of American troops.

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