U.S Involvement

There were many factors that played in to the U.S deciding to get involved in the Vietnam War. The Gulf of Tonkin incident was one of the major things tat provoked U.S involvement. It was believed that North Vietnam had attacked the U.S.S Maddox, and this provoked the war. Another reason the U.S felt the need to get involved was to save the Southern Vietnamese from the communist take over. Since Truman had signed the SEATO treaty, the country felt obligated to help out. Finally, the main reason the U.S got involved was to stop the spread of communism. The domino theory was that soon country after country would be taken over by communism due to the strong power in their neighboring countries. The U.S was going to do their best to put a stop to it.

 This picture shows some U.S troops. They are in Vietnam ready to battle. Although they were unprepared for the conditions, they still had the advantage.