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Troop Escalation

Name: Troop Escalation – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range

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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Johnson28 July 1965

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Announces expanded US troop commitments to Vietnam

Names involved

Lyndon Johnson

Provenance

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