April 30 will mark 50 years since the Fall of Saigon. It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great ...

Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial ...

Johnson became President he was something of a throwback ... [But] those engaged in external direction and supply [of the war in Vietnam] would do well to be reminded and to remember that this ...

THE VIETNAM WAR The Landmark Documentary Event by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Returns Thursday, April 24 at 9:00 pm Episode ...

Johnson may be remembered as the Vietnam War president, but in his mind his greatest legacy was his efforts to improve the lives of African-Americans. And he had much to show for it: the 1964 ...

This resolution granted President Johnson the broad authority to escalate the U.S. military involvement in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war. The Maddox, unwittingly, became the catalyst ...

This Saturday, March 29, is National Vietnam War Veterans Day ... working-class high school in 1965, just as President Johnson was sending tens of thousands of American soldiers to Vietnam.

The Vietnam War changed an entire generation’s ... Propaganda surrounding the war efforts had previously been positive. President Lyndon B. Johnson repeatedly reassured the public that the ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great Society” — but the shadow of Vietnam loomed over the White House.