Posted on Jan 15, 2017

Kennedy says U.S. troops are not fighting - Jan 15, 1962 - HISTORY.com

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Asked at a news conference if U.S. troops are fighting in Vietnam, President Kennedy answers “No.” He was technically correct, but U.S. soldiers were serving as combat advisers with the South Vietnamese army, and U.S. pilots were flying missions with the South Vietnamese Air Force. While acting in this advisory capacity, some soldiers invariably got wounded, and press correspondents based in Saigon were beginning to see casualties from the “support” missions and ask questions.

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Thanks for reminding us the JFK equivocated on the question about US special forces being fighting SP5 Mark Kuzinski. In the hindsight of history we are better able to learn about the true state of military involvement that average citizens could in the early 1960s.
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