http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers View images of the Presidents, politicians, and military leaders who influenced American involvement in the Vietnam War. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo1 President Lyndon B. Johnson meets soldiers during a surprise visit to an American base in Cam Rahn Bay in South Vietnam in October of 1966. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo2 Defense Secretary McNamara rides with soldiers en route to the Le My City Hall during McNamara's visit to the Marine units in the area. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo3 General William C. Westmoreland arrives at Camp Evans helicopter pad where there he spoke with a group of newsmen. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo4 President Richard Nixon speaks in Saigon with Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Cao KY, and Ellsworth Bunker. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo5 "President Lyndon B. Johnson reacts to word of new problems in Vietnam while hosting Defense Secretary Robert McNamara at the LBJ Ranch in 1964. " http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo6 President Kennedy stands at a podium next to a large map of Vietnam showing the areas held by communist rebels. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo7 Vice President Hubert Humphrey tells a National Press Club luncheon, that there "are no sanctuaries" in North Vietnam safe from American attack. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo8 Henry Kissinger met with Pham Van Dong, the North Vietnam prime minister while in Hanoi. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo9 Members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee listen to General Maxwell Taylor's 1966 testimony on the United States' policy in Vietnam. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo10 General Creighton Abrams stands with U.S. Deputy Ambassador Samuel D. Berger during the ceremony to turn over 80 U.S. Navy river patrol boats to the South Vietnamese Navy. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo11 Gerald Ford and Melvin Laird stand in front of a map of Communist controlled areas in South Vietnam in 1970. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo12 McGeorge Bundy, Assistant to the President for National Security, declares " a single thread" connected the Vietnam policies of Johnson and the late Kennedy. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo13 Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford speaking at the Pentagon, emphasizes the need for an agreement that won't put America troops in danger. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo14 Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in 1968, giving a press conference on progress made during the Paris talks on Vietnam. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo15 George Ball announces his resignation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. President Johnson named J. Russell Wiggins to succeed Ball. http://www.history.com/photos/vietnam-war-presidents-and-policy-makers/photo15