When you have a number of choices to select from, use a list or a chart. Draw a circle or a semi-circle with a radius of about 4 - 6. Mark the choices off as degrees on the circle. Hold the pendulum in the center and the swing of the pendulum will line-up with the appropriate marked off selection.
April 24, 1965 - President Johnson announces Americans in Vietnam are eligible for combat pay. May 3, 1965 - The first U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam.
The LBJ Tapes and the Americanization of the Vietnam War. In the summer of 1965, President Johnson faced an agonizing decision. General Westmoreland had come to him with a bombshell request for 150,000 more troops in Vietnam. LBJ, who wished to be remembered as a great reformer, not as a war president, saw the proposed escalation for what it wasâthe turning point for American involvement in Vietnam.