SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 624717 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37017"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+April+28%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, April 28, in sunny Vietnam-land%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="72c22290dec98d8324eb7afd72ea8516" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/017/for_gallery_v2/John_McCone.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/017/large_v3/John_McCone.jpg" alt="John mccone" /></a></div></div>1965 – CIA director John A. McCone sends a personal memo to President Johnson stating his view that unless the United States is willing to further intensify bombing, there is no use in committing more US ground troops. 50 years ago today, April 28, in sunny Vietnam-land 2015-04-28T09:52:52-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 624717 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37017"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=50+years+ago+today%2C+April+28%2C+in+sunny+Vietnam-land&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A50 years ago today, April 28, in sunny Vietnam-land%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/50-years-ago-today-april-28-in-sunny-vietnam-land" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="056482aefce1e66ac67644b11d074c1f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/017/for_gallery_v2/John_McCone.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/017/large_v3/John_McCone.jpg" alt="John mccone" /></a></div></div>1965 – CIA director John A. McCone sends a personal memo to President Johnson stating his view that unless the United States is willing to further intensify bombing, there is no use in committing more US ground troops. 50 years ago today, April 28, in sunny Vietnam-land 2015-04-28T09:52:52-04:00 2015-04-28T09:52:52-04:00 2015-04-28T09:52:52-04:00