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Events on Monday 11 December 1961 1
1961United States expands military advisers in VietnamFirst US helicopter units arrive in SaigonPresident Kennedy authorized a significant increase in American military advisers and support units to South Vietnam, including the arrival of the first US Army helicopter companies. The escalation marked a deepening of direct American involvement ahead of full-scale war later in the decade.