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| 1940 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano |  |
| 16th Sep Washington Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription |
| 1945 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 25th April River Elbe The USA& Soviet troops meet Leckwitz & Torgau on the River Elbe |
| 1950 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th June Tokyo Sends a report to the JCS predicting the collapse of the Nth Korean |
| 29th June River Han Doubts if the Sth Korean Army can hold the Han River |
| 29th June River Han Inspects Sth Korean troops & asks the Joint Chiefs of Staff to send USAground troops |
| 19th July Pledges a "superhuman effort" to pour in men & guns to drive out the Nth Koreans |
| 19th July Pohang Dong USAtroops land at Pohang-Dong but are pushed back after having formed a defensive line |
| 15th Sep Inchon Lands a UN force behind the lines to cut Nth Korean supply lines, only 20 marines die |
| 29th Sep MacArthur is authorized by the UN to advance his forces into North Korea |
| 1st Oct 38th Parallel Sth Korean & UN troops move Nth across the 38th parallel into Nth Korea |
| 16th Oct Wonsan 16-26 October, the UN forces at Inchon are moved to the east coast as far as Wonsan |
| 5th Nov Reports the massing of Chinese troops in North Korea |
| 1950 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 22nd June Washington Senate approves the enlistment of 547,000, as requested by the USADefence Dept |
| 22nd June Washington The House of Representitives approves 547,000, requested by the USADefence Dept |
| 27th June Washington Orders all USAnaval & airforces in Japan, Okinawa & the Philippines to be put on alert |
| 30th June Washington Agrees to MacArthur's request & orders USAforces into Korea |
| 1951 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th Jan Launches a counter-offensive against the Chinese & Nth Koreans |
| 1961 | Ball, George | |
| Kennedy accepts Ball's reccomendation to increase the Saigon Army by 20,000 |
| 1961 | Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Reccomends sending 8,000 troops to Vietnam |
| 1961 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| USAbacking includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors |
| 11th Oct Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| 11th Dec USAhelicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 USApersonnel |
| 1961 | Taylor, Maxwell | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| 1962 | Mansfield, Mike | |
| Sent to Vietnam by Kennedy, reports the USAhas spent $2 billion in 7 yrs |
| 1964 | McNamara, Robert | |
| Asks SAC to improve its capabilities for limited war |
| 1965 | Bundy, William | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| 1965 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st April President Johnson authorizes sending 2 more Marine battalions & up to 20,000 logistical personnel to Vietnam |
| 1st April The decision to allow offensive operations is kept secret from the American press & public for 2 months |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| 21st April President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000 |
| 3rd May The 1st USAArmy combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam |
| 1965 | McNamara, Robert | |
| 1st Dec Reccommends to Johnson a diluted version of Bundy's "just right" option |
| 1965 | Taylor, Maxwell | |
| In the early part of the year Taylor asks for 75,000 men |
| July Taylor asks for 125,000 men |
| 1965 | Westmoreland, William | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| 23rd Nov Cables Washington requesting 200,000 more troops in 1966 |
| 1966 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| USAforces in Vietnam reach 385,000 men, plus an additional 60,000 sailors offshore |
| 1967 | McNamara, Robert | |
| 12th June Vance & McNanamara advise against accepting the JCS proposals for further forces |
| 1967 | Westmoreland, William | |
| 18th Mar Requests 200,000 troops, rising to 670,000 |
| 18th Mar Urges expansion of ground operations in Laos & Cambodia |
| 1968 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington By the end of 1968 550,000 are stationed in Vietnam |
