The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The U.S. military presence in Vietnam peaked in April 1969, with
U.S. soldiers disembark from a UH-1D helicopter at the Battle of Ia Drang in South Vietnam, November 1965
Inauguration of a library with US aid, Hanoi, 1952
U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters airlift members of a U.S. infantry regiment, 1966
U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land in Vietnam during its herbicidal warfare campaign
Gulf of Tonkin incident
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident refers to a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam, which led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. On 2 August
United States in the Vietnam War
…approved by the U.S. North Vietnam began sending detachments of its own army, armed with Soviet and Chinese weapons, to assist the Viet Cong. After the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered air strikes against North Vietnam, and Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized…
Photo taken from USS Maddox during 2 August encounter, showing three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats
The Geneva Conference
Two of the United States Navy PTF boats training in 1963
USS Maddox