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NNadir

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2. It's stated in the talk that when Kennedy took office there were 700 "advisors" in Vietnam.

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 06:57 PM

Aug 2023

When he died there were 16,000.

The talk indicates though that at the end of the Eisenhower administration, and in the early part of the Kennedy administration, there was more concern about Laos than Vietnam.

Your husband sounds like he was a smart guy nonetheless. I don't think too many people were aware of the situation in 1959.

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I had no idea that there were tapes of Kennedy discussing Vietnam. [View all] NNadir Aug 2023 OP

My late husband was in the Army in 1959 CountAllVotes Aug 2023 #1

It's stated in the talk that when Kennedy took office there were 700 "advisors" in Vietnam. NNadir Aug 2023 #2

My husband enlisted CountAllVotes Aug 2023 #3

It is very satisfying to hear someone else hold this belief about Kennedy. Haggis 4 Breakfast Aug 2023 #4

Probably the most overrated President in history. NNadir Aug 2023 #6

Flak would be a kind way of putting the responses I've received. Haggis 4 Breakfast Aug 2023 #7

I recall seeing a filmed interview. n/t John1956PA Aug 2023 #5