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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned in 1974; Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 ...
October 15, 1969 - Hundreds of thousands of people attend mass protests across the United States for the United States to withdraw from the Vietnam War. November 15, 1969 - A second, larger protest takes place in Washington D.C., with an estimated 500,000 people. December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery since 1942 is held.
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) confronted the US Army with a variety of challenges, both in the military context and at home. In the dense jungles of Vietnam, soldiers faced an invisible enemy using guerrilla tactics, while the difficult terrain, tropical diseases and the constant threat of ambushes strained the morale and effectiveness of the troops.
As McNamara said, "the dangerous illusion of victory by the United States was therefore dead." [78]: 367 Vietnam was a major political issue during the United States presidential election in 1968. The election was won by Republican Richard Nixon who claimed to have a secret plan to end the war. [25]: 515 [177]
The killings shocked the U.S. and galvanized the anti-war movement. Initially charged in an Army court martial for 102 deaths, Calley was sentenced to life in prison in 1971 for the killing of 22 ...
The new leader is expected to continue his predecessor's strategy of balancing ties with China, the United States, Russia and others, Yu Xiangdong, the director of the Institute for Vietnam ...
Vietnam continued to flourish under Trong, benefiting from the 1986 "Doi Moi" reforms that transformed it from a war-torn agrarian nation into one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.
William Childs Westmoreland (26 March 1914 – 18 July 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972.