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LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam - Nov 24, 1963 - HISTORY.com
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Two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms the U.S. intention to continue military and economic support to South Vietnam. He instructed Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, in Washington for consultations following South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s assassination, to communicate his intention to the new South Vietnamese leadership. Johnson’s first decision about Vietnam was effectively to continue Kennedy’s policy.
Also on this day: Jack Ruby murders accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas jail where Oswald is being held.
Also on this day: Jack Ruby murders accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas jail where Oswald is being held.
LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam - Nov 24, 1963 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks SP5 Mark Kuzinski for reminding us that on November 24, 1963 two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson confirmed the U.S. intention to continue military and economic support to South Vietnam. He instructed Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, in Washington for consultations following South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s assassination, to communicate his intention to the new South Vietnamese leadership. Johnson’s first decision about Vietnam was effectively to continue Kennedy’s policy.
The USA abandoned the presidency of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem because he was not making sufficient progress in correcting the corruption which was rampant in too many government agencies from national through local.
November 1963 was a challenging time for both the USA and South Vietnam since the Presidents of both nations had been assassinated.
FYI LTC Orlando Illi MSgt Robert C Aldi Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish SFC Stephen King LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell MSgt Danny Hope LTC (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. BurroughsSGT Michael Thorin
The USA abandoned the presidency of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem because he was not making sufficient progress in correcting the corruption which was rampant in too many government agencies from national through local.
November 1963 was a challenging time for both the USA and South Vietnam since the Presidents of both nations had been assassinated.
FYI LTC Orlando Illi MSgt Robert C Aldi Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish SFC Stephen King LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell MSgt Danny Hope LTC (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. BurroughsSGT Michael Thorin
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The path down that slippery slope which unfortunately led our Country to years of discord and misery and is even felt today as the benchmark for foreign entanglements we just seem to not be able to avoid.
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SGT Philip Roncari
Bob and Mark the real tragedy in all of this'is I feel we are fighting on multiple fronts with a smaller all volunteer force that are doing multiple deployments with hot spots cropping up all over the globe ,now with more and more Veteran suicides and the current state of VA hospitals being as it is ,trouble is in the wind my friends .
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That in retrospect turned out to be a bad decision. Seemed reasonable to some at the time tho.
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