![]() US troops together with South Vietnamese forces engage in combat operations with North Vietnamese forces in the Pleku Province in the Central Highlands. 1965 Operation Silver Bayonet Begins October 23, 1965.actions in Vietnam began slowly with the deployment of advisors in the early 1950s and expanded incrementally to include the deployment of combat forces in July 1965. Advisors deployed to Vietnam 1950 - 1965. Warning: Several of these photographs are graphic in nature. involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as the growing protest movement, between the years 19. This photo essay, part one of a three-part series, looks at the earlier stages of U.S. Based on widely varying estimates, between 1.5 and 3.6 million people were killed in the war. ![]() Each side suffered and inflicted huge losses, with the civilian populace suffering horribly. troops were in the country, fighting alongside South Vietnamese soldiers as they faced both a conventional army and a guerrilla force in unforgiving terrain. had been providing aid and advisors to the South since the 1950s, slowly escalating operations to include bombing runs and ground troops. The communist government of North Vietnam (backed by the Soviet Union and China) was locked in a battle with South Vietnam (supported by the United States) in a Cold War proxy fight. They were the first American combat troops on the ground in a conflict that had been building for decades. Fifty years ago, in March 1965, 3,500 U.S.
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