Can You Pass This Quiz About The Vietnam War?

Which United States president was the first to send combat troops to Vietnam during the war?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although the United States had been in Vietnam for some time before this point, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the first combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in 1965.

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Which United States president was the first to send combat troops to Vietnam during the war?

• Eisenhower
• Nixon
• Kennedy
• Johnson