What does the Bay of Pigs invasion have to do with the Vietnam War?
Involvement in both is wrongly credited to the administration of President John Kennedy. President Eisenhower had put the wheels in motion for both incidents. The planning for the Bay of Pigs Invasion was entirely set up, recruited, trained and financed and placed into motion by Eisenhower and was inherited by Kennedy. The US Advisors, Assistance Command (MACV) and Air America program to support the French recolinization of Vietnam had been in place when Kennedy was elected, Americans had died in action before that date. The connection between the two conflicts was their creators.
