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Lyndon B. Johnson

36th President of the United States; he took office on 22 November 1963 and created the Warren Commission.

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Dates
1908–1973
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LBJ, Lyndon Johnson
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  • Gulf of Tonkin incidents what Johnson was told of Herrick's doubts is disputed between two sources Primary record 56

    The National Archives says McNamara did not report the captain's doubts to Johnson; Hanyok says Johnson required verification because of the doubts.

  • Vietnam War President when the U.S. widened the war Primary record 7
Timeline 5 dates
  1. 1908–1973 Lyndon B. Johnson
  2. 22 Nov 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson head of United States government
  3. 29 Nov 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson founded Warren Commission
  4. 4 Aug 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson intervened in Gulf of Tonkin incidents
  5. 10 Aug 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Proof 7 sources
  1. Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy: Foreword, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1964. Primary record
    created this Commission to investigate the assassination on November 22, 1963, of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.
  2. Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, Chapter 1: Summary and Conclusions, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1964. Primary record
    Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States by Federal District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes.
  3. Chairman J. William Fulbright and the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution, U.S. Senate Historical Office, 2023. Primary record
    The House had already unanimously approved the joint resolution, and the president signed it into law on August 10, 1964.
  4. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume I, Vietnam, 1964 (documents 255-308: U.S. reaction to events in the Gulf of Tonkin), Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, 1992. Primary record
    He summarized the events since the attack on the Maddox on August 2 and informed the nation that “air action is now in execution against gunboats and certain supporting facilities in North Viet-Nam which have been used in these hostile operations.”
  5. Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964), Milestone Documents, National Archives and Records Administration. Primary record
    Defense Secretary Robert McNamara did not report the captain's doubts to President Johnson.
  6. Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964 (Robert J. Hanyok, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 2000/Spring 2001; approved for release 3 Nov 2005), National Security Agency, 2001. Primary record
    he required immediate verification of the North Vietnamese attack because of the doubts that started to be openly expressed within the administration.
  7. Congressional Record, Senate, 10 October 2002 (debate on the Iraq resolution, H.J. Res. 114), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 10 Oct 2002. Primary record
    It was a war that destroyed the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson and wrecked the administration of Richard Nixon.
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