Ho Chi Minh8 March 1965
The arrival of US Marines at Da Nang marks a major escalation of the war
Vietnam · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The arrival of US Marines at Da Nang marks a major escalation of the war
Johnson authorises the deployment of Marines to defend the Da Nang air base
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