By the time of President Kennedy's assassination, he had sent 16,000 advisers to South Vietnam. Military operations conducted by the advisers was well beyond expressed congressional authorization. There was no Congressional resistance to this and only Senators Gruening, Morse and McGovern expressed opposition to this.
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Less than 50,000.
South Viet Nam's Armed Forces at the time was about 243,000. The US had about 760 "advisors" in country at that time.
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SEE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and Statistics About the Vietnam War (Recommended by the History Channel).
Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from July/August 1962 (when the first 30 military Advisors arrived) until November 1971 (when the last battalion was sent home). The War lasted for a period of approximately 9 years and 6 months.