Today in US military history: first US casualties in Vietnam (1957)

Unto the Breach ^ | Oct. 22, 2018 | Chris Carter

[fugazi]

I totally get what you’re saying. I’m not sticking up for the guy at all. My point is only that it would be neat to see how things would have turned out if we avoided the political route we took.

[fugazi]

On that note, maybe Sen. Warren (and Blumenthal while we are at it) should take another DNA test to see what percentage of a war hero she is.

[dfwgator]

Ike and De Gaulle warned JFK about getting involved with our military in Viet Nam. He listened to the CIA, and he got us involved heavily. That may have cost him his life.

JFK was trying to bail out his fellow Catholics.

[mfish13]

We had an adviser killed there 1948.

[fugazi]

Very true. But it was on this day in 1954, when Eisenhower committed US assistance to RVN that is considered the beginning of our efforts in Vietnam.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the info re General Mac.

“Too often people seem to equate being strong on defense with expending American blood like it was water.”