Vietnam

I. The Kennedy Détente

II. Kennedy and Vietnam

III. Growth of U.S. Involvement

IV.The Fall of Diem

I. The Kennedy Détente

American University, June 10, 1963

II. Kennedy and Vietnam

President John F. Kennedy

III. Growth of U.S. Involvement

The White House, January 8, 1963

CJCS Maxwell Taylor, President John F. Kennedy,and Gen. Earle Wheeler

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The White House, February 2, 1963

CJCS Maxwell Taylor, President John F. Kennedy,and Gen. Earle Wheeler

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Source: FRUS, 1961-1963, vol. III, (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1991), p. 97 .

Ngo Din Diem

June 11, 1963

IV. The Fall of Diem

The White House, October 2, 1963

Sec. Def. Robert McNamara, CJCS Maxwell Taylor, and President John F. Kennedy

The White House, October 29, 1963

Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy,

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The White House, November 4, 1963

President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy Jr.

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President John F. Kennedy

Kennedy and Vietnam

1. January 1961–November 1961

2. November 1961–January 1963

3. January 1963–May 1963

4. May 1963–August 1963

5. August–November 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson

Johnson and Vietnam

1. November 1963–November 1964

2. November 1964–March 1965

3. March 1965–July 1965

4. July 1965–March 1968

5. March 1968–January 1969

The White House, March 2, 1964Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

NSA McGeorge Bundy and President Lyndon B. Johnson

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Sen. Richard Russell (D-GA)

The White House, May 27, 1964Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

August 3-6, 1964Source: www.history.navy.mil

U.S.S. Maddox

Johnson and Vietnam

1. November 1963–November 1964

2. November 1964–March 1965

3. March 1965–July 1965

4. July 1965–March 1968

5. March 1968–January 1969

The White House, July 7, 1965Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson

Johnson and Vietnam

1. November 1963–November 1964

2. November 1964–March 1965

3. March 1965–July 1965

4. July 1965–March 1968

5. March 1968–January 1969

February 1, 1966Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Vietnam

Kennedy and Vietnam

1. January 1961–November 1961

2. November 1961–January 1963

3. January 1963–May 1963

4. May 1963–August 1963

5. August–November 1963

The United States and Vietnam

1. September 1945–October 1950

2. October 1950–May 1954

3. May 1954–November 1961

4. November 1961–November 1963

5. November 1963–July 1965

6. July 1965–March 1968

7. March 1968–January 1969

8. January 1969–July 1969

9. July 1969–April 1970

10. May 1970–January 1973

11. January 1973–April 1975