1965 - U.S. President Johnson publicly confirmed that the U.S. would be sending U.S. Marines to South Vietnam. They 3,500 Marines were being sent to protect the U.S. airbase at Da Nang.
Vietnam Quotes
"You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking at a press conference on April 7, 1954.