Vietnam War

LBJ and 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

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