Prior to the Vietnam War, the use of the helicopter had been limited to transporting the wounded from the battlefield. ... In late October of 1965 the troops of 1st brigade were sent into battle after a large North Vietnamese force attacked the Plei Me Special Forces camp. ... The war traced its origins to before the Cold War and even before World War II. ... The Vietnam War was not a very popular war with the American people and due to the prolonged United States involvement the number of people against it grew. ... The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be ...

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During the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, tension was created because the USSR supported Arab countries while the US supported Israel. ... Johnson encountered one of his biggest obstacles in 1959 when the Vietnam War had begun as a result of Communist-led nationalists rising to opposition to the government in South Vietnam (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) ... That was the only event that occurred before Johnson was fully in support of the Vietnam War and increased military involvement. After months upon months of brutal war, Johnson resolved that he would put and end to the crisis and pursu...

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