United States had intervened in an attempt to contain Soviet influence as part of the bigger Cold War in progress. Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party were battling South Vietnam and its ally, the U.S. More than 3,000,000 people died in the conflict - half were Vietnamese citizens and about 58,000 were Americans (History.com Staff).
The intervention of the United States began in 1955 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged to support Ngo Dinh Diem and South Vietnam. By 1969, 500,000 American…
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