Lyndon Baines Johnson Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Warren Commission

that two shots struck JFK from the rear: the 1968 panel set by Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the 1975 Rockefeller Commission, and the 1978-79 House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

years (until 2039)

Role range: 1963-1969

State of the Union

Uses the State of the Union address to press Congress for Great Society legislation.

Role range: 1963-1969

Government

Inaugurated President of the USA

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Inauguration

Inaugurated President of the USA

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Inaugural Address

Declares, "We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. Terrific dangers & troubles that we once called foreign now constantly live among us

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Coup

General Khanh seizes full control of South Vietnam's Government

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Memo

NSA Bundy & Defense Secretary McNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing. Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the U.S. has reached a fork in the road in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Presidential Succession Reform

Johnson urged Congress to establish clearer constitutional procedures for presidential disability and for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency.

Game Warden

Operation Game Warden begins U.S. Navy river patrols on South Vietnam's 3000 nautical miles of inland waterways

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Siege of Pleiku

Viet Cong guerrillas attack the U.S. compound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands, killing 8 Americans, wounding 126 & destroying 10 aircraft

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Bombing of Dong Hoi

Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Flaming Dart

Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Bombing of Dong Hoi

U.S. air attacks take place on bases at Dong Hoi in retaliation for Pleiku. The beginning of limited offensive attacks on military targets in North Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Operation Rolling Thunder

President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Coup

General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian Government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Alliance Lyndon Baines Johnson and to counter the American "aggression

Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression"

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Opinion Poll

Opinion polls shortly after the bombing indicate a 70 percent approval rating for the President and an 80 percent approval of U.S. military involvement

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Operation Rolling Thunder

Scheduled to last 8 weeks, Rolling Thunder will continue for 3 yrs. Operation Rolling Thunder begins as over 100 American fighter-bombers attack targets in North Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Bloody Sunday

Faces national outrage after the bridge attack.

Role range: 1965-1965 – 1965-1965

Landing-Da Nang

The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade are the 1st U.S. ground combat force in Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Napalm Bombing

Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Siege of Da Nang

The 1st U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Appalachian Regional Development Act

Signs the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a regional development programme for Appalachia.

Role range: 1963-1969

Market Time

Joint effort between the U.S. Navy & South Vietnamese Navy to disrupt North Vietnamese sea routes used to funnel supplies into the South. 1st day of Operation-Market Time, results in the North Vietnamese shifting to the more difficult land route along the Ho Chi Minh trail

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Voting Rights Speech

Addresses Congress after Selma and calls for voting rights legislation, declaring “We shall overcome.”

Role range: 1963-1969

Bloody Sunday

Calls for voting rights legislation after Selma.

Role range: 1965-1965 – 1965-1965

Siege of Embassy

Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail

The 1st air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Mobilization

The decision to allow offensive operations is kept secret from the American press & public for 2 months. President Johnson authorizes sending 2 more Marine battalions & up to 20,000 logistical personnel to Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Speech

Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act near his former school in Stonewall, Texas.

Role range: 1963-1969

Mobilization

McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Mobilization

President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Mobilization

The 1st U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Bombing of Vietnam

The 1st bombing pause is announced by the U.S. in the hope that Hanoi will now negotiate

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Siege of Phuoc Long

The Viet Cong attack the U.S. special forces camp in Phuoc Long

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Head Start

Announces Project Head Start as an early childhood education programme within the War on Poverty.

Role range: 1963-1969

Bombing of Vietnam

U.S. bombing of North Vietnam resumes

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Speech

Announces on TV, "We will stand in Vietnam"

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969