Lyndon Baines Johnson13 June 1967
Turns down the Joint Chiefs of Staffs request for more troops
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Turns down the Joint Chiefs of Staffs request for more troops
In a secret memo to Johnson states US status would not be too damaged by withdrawal
Proposes withdrawal from South Vietnam of American & North Vietnamese forces on TV
25,000 troops are withdrawn
Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops
Sets Feb 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops. Nixon proclaims the end of any offensive role in Vietnam
Nixon announces an additional 72,000 troops will leave Vietnam
The Viet Cong strike Quang Tri province, Kontum-Pleiku & Binh Long province. JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800
US troops in Vietnam fall from 542,000 in Jan 1969 to 45,600 by July 1972. Despite Nixon's threats he withdraws US troops, by June 1972 47,000 are left
Speaking in New Orleans says that the war is "finished"
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