Deconstructing History: Vietnam The increasing alarm over the spread of communist rule, however, would throw the U.S.-Vietnam relationship off track and eventually into war. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon oversaw the conflict, which ratcheted up in intensity as the year...
In 1971, Trump took over his father’s real estate company, renaming it the Trump Organization. The conglomerate soon encompassed some 500 corporations involved in a variety of projects, including hotels, resorts, residential and commercial construction, casinos, and golf courses. The first and most...
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Vietnam War - Fall, Saigon, US Withdrawal: In early March the North Vietnamese launched the first phase of what was expected to be a two-year offensive to secure South Vietnam. As it happened, the South's government and army collapsed in less than two mo
Johnson served from 1963 (age 55) through 1969, for some time alongside vice president Hubert Humphrey, but never received the same adoration as Kennedy on account of his handling of the Vietnam war. Johnson lived from 1908-1973, eventually dying of a heart attack a few years after his tim...
FILE PHOTO: Former Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and his wife Mai Thi Hanh lay flower during the 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in My Lai village, Vietnam March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo (Reuters) - William Calley, who during the Vietnam War l...
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Which presidents are in the Illuminati? The office of the President of the United States has long been suspected of being influenced by the Illuminati. The shadowy, mysterious, yet seemingly all-powerful group has been linked to virtually every American president, from George Washington to Barack...
The U.S. population moves widely from state to state. From the First World War until the end of the Vietnam War, they tried to live together in certain neighborhoods. For about twenty years, it has remained static. And since the break-up of the USSR to the present day, it has been...