At a series of meetings in Honolulu, President Johnson discusses recent Allied and enemy troop deployments with U.S. military leaders. He also conferred with South Korean President Park Chung Hee to reaffirm U.S. military commitments to Seoul and assure Park that his country's interests would not be compromised by any Vietnamese peace agreement.
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Apr 16, 1968:
Johnson arrives in Honolulu
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This Week in History, Apr 16 - Apr 22
- Apr 16, 1968
- Johnson arrives in Honolulu
- Apr 16, 1972
- United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
- Apr 17, 1972
- First antiwar protest of the year is conducted
- Apr 17, 1975
- Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge
- Apr 18, 1969
- Nixon says prospects for peace in Vietnam are better
- Apr 19, 1967
- Air Force pilot cited for bravery
- Apr 19, 1971
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstrate
- Apr 20, 1970
- Nixon announces more troop withdrawals
- Apr 20, 1971
- "Fragging" on the rise in U.S. units
- Apr 21, 1965
- Intelligence reveals North Vietnamese units in South Vietnam
- Apr 21, 1975
- Thieu flees Saigon as Xuan Loc falls
- Apr 22, 1968
- South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities
- Apr 22, 1972
- Antiwar demonstrations held
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