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August 1967: US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara Testifies that Bombing is Ineffective in Vietnam

James Springer August 5, 1967 No Comments lyndon johnson president of the united states of america robert mcnamara secretary of defence show-in-timeline us government us marines us military us troop numbers

Despite a relatively optimistic view of the war at the…

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2 August 1964: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

James Springer August 2, 1964 No Comments gulf of tonkin gulf of tonkin incident lyndon johnson north vietnam robert mcnamara second indochina war secretary of defence show-in-timeline troop escalation us government us military us troop numbers vietnam war

On 2 August 1964, the USS Maddox was attacked by…

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