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Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam? We became involved with vietnam because we were trying to stop communism and we thought this would help stop global communism. Vietnam was not a real know place in america but over the time span of 10 years we sent millions of soldiers to fight there. France had control over indochina but hter were many people that wanted to rebel like Ho Chi Minh he was born in 1890 and became one of the most anti french organizers and he left vietnam to find fallowers so he could help stop France from rulling them. During WWII France was becoming weaker so this made america have to make a big desision by choosing to help vietnam or french if he chose to help the french he thought it would weaken anticommunist so he chose france even though he had to sacrifice his own anticolinial sentiments The domino theory was a idea that if vietnam fell to communism all of its close surrounding countries would soon turn communist to In 1954 the French lost ther eight year battle to get recontrol of Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu Vietnam laid 55 day siege and destroyed french supplies and and weopans and after 15000 casualties the french gave up on May 7,1954. Soon after America launched it planed to help south vietnam by forming (SEATO) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization they wanted to stop the spread of communism by sending economic and military aid to south vietnam. By the 1957 communism grew so President Kennedy sent U.S. Troops to make a more aggressive standpoint by 1963 more than 15,000 americans were fighting in vietnam in 1964 Vietnam a vietnam torpedo boats fired at the US ship the USS Maddox So soon after congress granted President Nixon to take all necessary actions to protect the US