President Johnson now had effective permission to pursue full war in Vietnam. 8 March 1965, 3500 US marines landed at Da Nang. By 1968, the number of troops was 536,000.
Escalation President Johnson slowly increased the number of American troops on the ground in Vietnam. In 1965, two battalions of US Marines were deployed to protect military bases at Da Nang.
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