Lyndon Johnson was the President of the US during the Vietnam War from the assassination of John Kennedy until the election of Richard Nixon.
The president of the USA for a major time of the Vietnam War was Lyndon Johnson.
Kennedy added more "advisers", Johnson drafted the most men and sent in the most of the troops, and Nixon expanded the war with his secret bombings into Laos. So, the three of them escalated it bit by bit. Despite the acts of President Nixon, he had run for president on the promise to end the Vietnam War. This he accomplished.
Johnson like kennedy was very sensitve, He also did bombing stikes on NOrth Vietnam, He also Created Operation Rolling Thunder.
Robert McNamara, (Kennedy and Johnson Administrations). Clark Clifford, (Johnson Administration). Melvin Laird, (Nixon Administration).
President Lyndon B. Johnson is the one who significantly escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by approving military support for South Vietnam during its civil conflict against the North. Although earlier presidents, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, also provided support, it was Johnson who committed large numbers of troops and resources to the war effort following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964.
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Vietnam war was fought during Johnson's term.
The president of the USA for a major time of the Vietnam War was Lyndon Johnson.
Lyndon Johnson.
Johnson & Nixon.
Lyndon B. Johnson
During the Vietnam War, Presidents Kennedy and then Johnson were democrats.
His "Great Society." That was the term used.
President Reagan during the Iraq-Iran Persian Gulf War; Truman for the Korean War; Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford for Vietnam.
The primary US military activity during Lyndon Johnson's term a President was the Vietnam War, which extended into Cambodia and Laos.
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
President Lyndon B. Johnson.