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To: Calvin Locke

"Um, but who set forth the doctrine of "containment"? Harry Something Truman."

I believe you are correct, however Eisenhower sent the 1st US troops to Viet Nam.


38 posted on 02/12/2005 11:50:55 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Never Forget)
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To: Calvin Locke; All
I know a vet who was in Viet Nam in 1957.
At that time the Eisenhower administration would not let our forces there have loaded weapons.
They were told to let the South Vietnamese defend them.
39 posted on 02/12/2005 11:56:01 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Never Forget)
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