Posted on Nov 10, 2016
McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam - Nov 10, 1964 -...
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At a news conference, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says that the United States has no plans to send combat troops into Vietnam. When asked whether the United States intended to increase its activities in Vietnam, he replied, “Wait and see.” By 1969, more than 500,000 American troops were in South Vietnam.
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McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam - Nov 10, 1964 -...
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Vietnam War
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American History
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Let's just make out a bit, nothing will happen... Well maybe just first base, no further than that. Well how about...
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Thanks for reminding us that promises based on intelligence forecasts can be fickle SP5 Mark Kuzinski. In 1964 Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said the United States had no plans to send combat troops into Vietnam. We had special forces operating there at that time.
In hindsight his statement seems ill-advised but at the time I expect he was telling the truth as best he knew it.
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In hindsight his statement seems ill-advised but at the time I expect he was telling the truth as best he knew it.
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And yet there is a black granite wall carved into a grass slope ln Washington DC with over 58000 names on it,guess somebody lied to the American people and it would not be the last time.
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