George Ball Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for George Ball, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1961–19643 events0 places

Chronological biography

1961

Mobilization1961

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Kennedy accepts Balls reccomendation to increase the Saigon Army by 20,000

Task Force1961

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Runs Kennedys task force for economic, political & military programs in Vietnam

1964

Alliance United States, Laos and South Vietnam24 May 1964

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Asks the NSC to authorize the request of Laos & South Vietnam for armed forces

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.