...was limited to advisors to their military and a total of EIGHT were killed from 1957 through 1960. Kennedy sent the first combat troops in and was responsible for 187 of our soldiers KIA. LBJ poured our troops in without backing them up to the tune of 35,955 United States troops KIA, all while LOOSING the war.
You cannot re-write history, much as you would like to, bj. You better start reading about it before making ignorant comments.