May 1961
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam and offers military and economic aid to Diem. By the end of the year, the U.S. military presence in Vietnam will reach 3,200 men (although combat units will not be deployed until 1965).
From ShmoopWhat was an important event of the Vietnam War in 1961?
May 1961, President Kennedy sends 400 Green Beret 'special advisers' to South Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese soldiers in methods of counter-insurgency in the fight against Viet-cong Guerillas.
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