Below are various Johnson administration Vietnam War-related photos. All are public domain.
When the LBJ Presidential Library was dedicated in May 1971, President Johnson proclaimed to the assembled crowd, It's all here, the story of our time--with the bark off. There is no record of a mistake, or an unpleasantness or a criticism, that is not included in the files here. Accordingly, he wanted his presidential library to reflect not only the triumphs of his administration, but the failures, too--and he wanted us to learn from them to build a better future for our country.
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LBJ and Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
October 1966: President Johnson visits U.S. Soldiers at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
December 1967: President Johnson's Second and Final Visit to Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam
Vietnam War Audio
Oct. 16, 1968: President Johnson briefs Presidential candidates—Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, and George Wallace—on the Vietnam bombing halt and asks them not to impair peace negotiations
Dec. 4, 1966: President Johnson speaks with Author John Steinbeck whose son is fighting in Vietnam
Oct. 3, 1966: President Johnson speaks with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower regarding strategy in Vietnam
July 5, 1966: Civil Rights leader Whitney Young asks President Johnson to clear his visit to Vietnam in order to visit African American troops
July 2, 1965: President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara discuss troop increases in Vietnam
Feb. 15, 1965: President Johnson calls former President Harry Truman asking for advice on war strategy
Sept. 18, 1964: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara gives President Johnson a report and recommendations on the Gulf of Tonkin attack
May 27, 1964: President Johnson and Sen. Richard Russell (also Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services) speak about current situation in Vietnam (Part 2)
May 27, 1964: President Johnson and Sen. Richard Russell (also Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services) speak about current situation in Vietnam (Part 1)
May 27, 1964: President Johnson expresses anguish over the Vietnam War to his National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy
Nov. 2, 1968: President Johnson asks republican Sen. Everett Dirksen to talk to Richard Nixon. Johnson says Nixon's representatives have sent word to North Vietnam to hold off on peace talks
Vietnam War Video
Excerpt: Robert McNamara, "We were wrong," May 1995.
Oral Histories: Major Jose J. Anzaldua, Jr., USMC
December 1968: Christmas in Vietnam
September 1968: Vietnam War Peace Talks Update
President Johnson's Address to the Nation, 3/31/68. MP600.
May 1968: Vietnam War Peace Talks
December 1967: LBJ Visits U.S. Soldiers in Thailand and South Vietnam
November 1967: LBJ Visits Fort Benning & More
December 1966: LBJ Meets with Wounded Combat Soldiers
February 1966: Honolulu Conference on The Vietnam War
President Johnson's Remarks on Vietnam at Johns Hopkins University, 4/7/65. MP549.
President Johnson's Vietnam Address, 8/4/64. MP498.