02-01-2014, 08:17 PM
From Wikipedia:
This deployment was marked by the Marines wading ashore recalling, for PR purposes, the WWII Pacific invasions.
Quote:After several attacks upon them, it was decided that U.S. Air Force bases needed more protection as the South Vietnamese military seemed incapable of providing security. On 8 March 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines were dispatched to South Vietnam. This marked the beginning of the American ground war. U.S. public opinion overwhelmingly supported the deployment.[SUP][/SUP]
This deployment was marked by the Marines wading ashore recalling, for PR purposes, the WWII Pacific invasions.
"We'll know our disinformation campaign is complete when everything the American public believes is false." --William J. Casey, D.C.I
"We will lead every revolution against us." --Theodore Herzl
"We will lead every revolution against us." --Theodore Herzl