United States Marines were sent March 8, 1965.
In the 1950s and 1960s Eisenhower and Kennedy sent US soldiers to South Vietnam. In 1965 President Johnson sent the US Marines.
Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Ford; all sent US forces to the war. Nixon sent replacements, Ford sent replacements and US Marines.
The African government was probably grateful that a civilized nation was able and willing to bring some sort of law and order to the country.
Johnson sent in the Marines. Prior to that moment in time, the US was providing "advisors", technical and intelligence support, logistics and training specialists. The Marines were sent in to provide protection for those services. The US commitment was sealed at that moment in time.
You can find Marines in any country the US has an Embassy. The Marines provide security for all of the US Embassies, including Bolivia. There has been no deployment there.
US President Ronald Reagan sent US troops to Beirut, Lebanon on 20 Aug 1982.
By the end of the war, approximately 2,594,000 US Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen had served IN COUNTRY, in the Vietnam War. By the end of the war, approximately 2,594,000 US Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen had served IN COUNTRY, in the Vietnam War.
The Cubans put missles in the dominican republic, and sent troops there. So we went to fight communism
United States Marines. Most likely named this to show pride for the country and to also show where they are from. It shows nationalism.
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President Ford had to send in US Marines and US Sailors to help evacuate Saigon in April 1975.