Shattering the foundations of white supremacy in a segregated state.
In October 1967, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable.
In October of 1967, a massive protest at the University of Wisconsin turned violent when police arrived on the scene.
In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam.
In 1967, a demonstration at the University of Wisconsin was the first violent campus protest of the antiwar movement.
In 1972, Nixon took a risk and responded to North Vietnamese aggression by bombing Hanoi.
Protests against the Vietnam War turned personal for President Johnson.
In 1964, American bombers in Vietnam demonstrated that LBJ was a committed anti-Communist.
President Nixon garnered approval with his "Silent Majority" speech in November 1969.
Nixon decided to use force to end the Vietnam War with "the Christmas Bombing."
Truman interpreted a North Korean attack as direct aggression from the Soviet Union.
Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable.
