1968 in the Vietnam War Adams' iconic image of South Vietnamese General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan's execution of a Viet Cong operative was taken in 1968. The year also saw Walter Cronkite's call to honourably exit Vietnam because he thought the war was lost. This negative impression forced the US into the Paris peace talks with North Vietnam. US troop numbers peaked in 1968 with President Johnson approving an increased maximum number of US troops in Vietnam at 549,500. The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with the American spending US$ (US$ in 2019) on the war. The year also became the deadliest
Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula The Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula is a proposed settlement to end all military hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and a follow-up to the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement, which was implemented by the United Nations after the Korean War 1950–53. Before the Trump–Kim summit, US president Donald Trump announced that he would finally end the Korean War and establish a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un also signed the during Trump–Kim summit which reaffirmed the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration. During Inter-Korean summit on April 2018, Kim Jong-un and Moon