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 * This article is about how the Americans got involved in the Vietnam War. Johnson was the central figure when it came to the US involvement in Vietnam. He wanted to stop the spread of communist aggression, just like Eishenhower, Kenned, and Truman. The Northern Vietnamese attacked two US destroyers in 1964. Then the US began bombing the Northern railroads, bridges, oil facilities, and the HaiPhong harbor on a regular basis. **


 * In April, 1965, Johnson sent more than 40 thousand troops to Vietnam. In 1969, Richard Nixon, agreed to reduce the number of American troops in South Vietnam. In December 1970, there were 350,000 American troops there. By September 1972, there were 40,000. America's involvement ended in 1973 in Vietnam. The US got involved because the US made a pact with other nations that they would unite against any communist aggression. The United States took it seriously while other nations refused to do so. **


 * The war costed one billion dollars a day at it's peak. They had dropped 7 million tons of bombs, more than the entire total of all participants in World War 2. In 1968, the war alone costed $88,000 million, while the education, health, and housing costed $24,000 million. During the war, the national debt was increased by $146 billion. 11,465 vietnamese were less than the age of 20. The number of Vietnamese killed was 500,000. 90% of **
 * Short and to the point with details of the war. 94-CP **