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Ho cin minh leads a communist revolt against the France soon after being arrested and fleeing to China. He has always pushed for an indepented Vietnam since 1919. In 1959, Eisenhower sent troops to puppet state in south Veitnam. At the time Ngo Dinh Diem lead south Veitnam and he wont hold free elections. When Kennedy becomes president the does not support Ngo Dinh Diem. So US supports the overthrow.

Lyndin B. Johnson becomes president, he fully commits the US to the war in Vietnam. There are soon American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. There could be serveral reasons for this but it will all come to head when the American ships fire their guns. LBJ goes to congress to get permission to do anything possible to stop violence over there. The first operation used was called rolling thunder when the US continusly drops bombs on vietnam. Soon after the first american ground troops landed in vietnam in 1965.