<Li> September 1950 -- Truman sends the Military Assistance Advisory Group ( MAAG ) Indochina to Vietnam to assist the French . The President claimed they were not sent as combat troops , but to supervise the use of $10 million worth of U.S. military equipment to support the French in their effort to fight the Viet Minh forces . </Li>
<Li> September 1950 -- Truman sends the Military Assistance Advisory Group ( MAAG ) Indochina to Vietnam to assist the French . The President claimed they were not sent as combat troops , but to supervise the use of $10 million worth of U.S. military equipment to support the French in their effort to fight the Viet Minh forces . </Li>
when did the us officially enter the vietnam war
when did the us officially enter the vietnam war
September 1950
September 1950