Friday, March 06, 2015
March 1-8, 1965: US sending Marines to South Vietnam
Retrieved March 6, 2015 from This Day in History on the History.com website: http://
Friday, March 06, 2015
March 1-8, 1965: US sending Marines to South Vietnam
Retrieved March 6, 2015 from This Day in History on the History.com website: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-is-sending-marines-to-south-vietnam?et_cid=72414715&et_rid=704749232&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.history.com%2fthis-day-in-history%2fu-s-is-sending-marines-to-south-vietnam
Article Details: U.S. IS SENDING MARINES TO SOUTH VIETNAM
Author History.com Staff Website Name History.com Year Published 2009
Title U.S. is sending Marines to South Vietnam URL http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-is-sending-marines-to-south-vietnam Access Date March 06, 2015 Publisher A+E Networks
According to March 6, 2015 article, “US sending Marines to South Vietnam,” in the “This Day in History” series on the History.com website; on this day, “The White House confirms reports that, at the request of South Vietnam, the United States is sending two battalions of U.S. Marines for security work at the Da Nang air base, which will hopefully free South Vietnamese troops for combat.
“On March 1, Ambassador Maxwell Taylor informed South Vietnamese Premier Phan Huy Quat that the United States was preparing to send 3,500 U.S. Marines to Vietnam.
“Three days later, a formal request was submitted by the U.S. Embassy, asking the South Vietnamese government to “invite” the United States to send the Marines. Premier Quat, a mere figurehead, had to obtain approval from the real power, Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, chief of the Armed Forces Council.
“Thieu approved, but asked that the Marines be “brought ashore in the most inconspicuous way feasible.”
“The Marines began landing near Da Nang on March 8,” 1965.
It did not take long before it was apparent that the Marines were not going to stay confined to “for security work at the Da Nang air base, which will hopefully 