Yep, JFK was moving in troops by the many thousands, more than 16,000.
At the time, after decades of playing it low key and staying out of war in Vietnam, JFK decided that we suddenly needed 16,000 “advisers”, which is a heck of a lot of advising to be throwing into a war zone.
I've never heard ANYTHING credible that after insertion of a large amount of troops, that he had any intention of calling them back.
LBJ simply continued JFKs ramp up. And had LBJ not royally screwed up, we could have actually WON in Vietnam.
Some have argued that after Tet, that we really had broken the backs of the North Vietnamese.
Don't get me started on my dad's opinion.
He was in the service at the time and has told me many things not considered PC with the Kennedy "legacy".
He STILL hates the guy.
For some reason he blames JFK more than LBJ. And he served under both.