4.+Vietnam+War

War With Lyndon B. Johnson: Johnson increasingly focused on the American military effort in Vietnam. He firmly believed in theDomino Theory and that his containment policy required America to make a serious effort to stop all Communist expansion. As President, Lyndon Johnson immediately reversed Kennedy’s order to withdraw 1,000 military personnel by the end of 1963. Johnson began America's direct involvement in the ground war in Vietnam. By 1968, over 550,000 American soldiers were inside Vietnam; in 1967 and 1968 they were being killed at the rate of over 1,000 a month. The war was causing destruction not only overseas but at home as well. People protested against the war and America began to split on the idea of Vietnam.

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Hue, South Vietnam: Soldier guiding medical support helicopter to pick up wounded.