11/05/1968: Nixon Elected President
Richard Nixon won the November 5th 1968 Presidential election, and would succeed President Johnson in the Whitehouse. He had outlined his platform at the GOP convention earlier in the year: “Tonight I do not promise the millennium in the morning. I don’t promise that we can eradicate poverty and end discrimination in the space of [...]
11/01/1968: Rolling Thunder Bombing Against North Vietnam Ceases
Operation Rolling Thunder, the aerial bombardment campaign against North Vietnam, came to an end on November 1st 1968, after three years and eight months of bombing. The purpose of Rolling Thunder was to prevent the flow of personnel and supplies into South Vietnam, to destroy the transportation systems of North Vietnam, to intimidate North Vietnam [...]
11/01/1968: Accelerated Pacification Campaign and Phoenix Program Begin to Combat Viet Cong
The Accelerated Pacification Campaign was launched on November 1st 1968. In the wake of the Tet offensive at the beginning of 1968, the goal of the Accelerated Pacification Campaign was to strengthen the security of at least 1,000 hamlets, and to significantly weaken the Viet Cong presence and influence in South Vietnam over a period [...]