As part of its strategy to contain communism, the United States aided South Vietnam by sending ... told for the first time: "It was November of 1967 when President Johnson told his cabinet that ...

Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite all of Vietnam under his rule. Ngo Dinh Diem, an unpopular leader, was out of touch with the South Vietnamese ... This provoked President Johnson into retaliating ...

In 1964, the United States had a presence in South Vietnam ... the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson in a White House ceremony on Dec. 5, 1964. He was the first of 268 Medal of ...