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.
Nixonâs Retrospective on the Vietnam War. The former president had much to say on Vietnam and the failed use of American power. Richard Nixon was a young congressman and senator when Vietnam fought to overthrow French rule after the Second World War and President Harry Truman sent the first U.S. military advisers to help the French in 1950.