More Troops to Nam
Hey everyone, sorry I’ve been MIA, sometimes work gets the best of us. On a side note, still not getting pics to show up on my blog, will have to figure something out, because when I do peices on Military Badges I would like to show a picture of them too 
Ok, enough with that and on to history:
On June 16, 1965: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces that 21,000 more U.S. troops are to be sent to Vietnam. He also claimed that it was now known that North Vietnamese regular troops had begun to infiltrate South Vietnam. The new U.S. troops were to join the U.S. Marines and paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade that had arrived earlier to secure U.S. airbases and facilities. These forces would soon transition from defensive missions to direct combat operations. As the war escalated, more and more U.S. combat troops were sent to South Vietnam. By 1969, there were over 540,000 American troops in Vietnam.
The bulk of those 21,000 more troops would be the First Cav. (Airmobile). They were ordered to Vietnam beginning 28 July 1965. By August of 1965, 16,000 men and 435 helicopters were In Country, and the Army’s first air mobile division, The First Team was back in combat as the first fully committed division of the Vietnam War.
