Ho Chi Minh8 March 1965
US Marines land at Da Nang as the first major American ground combat deployment to South Vietnam
Vietnam · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
US Marines land at Da Nang as the first major American ground combat deployment to South Vietnam
Westmoreland receives the first major US ground combat deployment at Da Nang
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