A Harris survey indicates that 61 percent of those polled are against calling a halt to the bombing in Vietnam. President Johnson, in a major speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Detroit, challenged Hanoi to respond to the limitations of the bombing campaign that he had announced in March. But he refused to curtail other military activities in Southeast Asia, saying that, "there are some among us who appear to be searching for a formula which would get us out of Vietnam and Asia on any terms, leaving the people of South Vietnam and Laos and Thailand... to an uncertain fate."
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Aug 19, 1968:
Many Americans against a bombing halt
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This Week in History, Aug 19 - Aug 25
- Aug 19, 1968
- Many Americans against a bombing halt
- Aug 19, 1970
- Cambodia and U.S. sign military aid pact
- Aug 19, 1972
- Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam
- Aug 20, 1954
- United States decides to support Diem
- Aug 20, 1971
- Minh and Ky withdraw from presidential race
- Aug 20, 1974
- Military aid to Saigon slashed
- Aug 21, 1963
- Nhu's Special Forces attack the Buddhists
- Aug 21, 1965
- U.S. pilots given green light to go after anti-aircraft missiles in the North
- Aug 21, 1969
- Nixon meets with South Korean President
- Aug 21, 1971
- Antiwar protestors raid draft offices
- Aug 22, 1962
- Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam
- Aug 22, 1967
- Graduated bombing policy condemned
- Aug 22, 1968
- VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture
- Aug 22, 1972
- Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach
- Aug 23, 1966
- U.S. cargo ship strikes a mine near Saigon
- Aug 23, 1968
- Communist forces renew offensive
- Aug 24, 1963
- Washington changes policy on support for President Diem
- Aug 24, 1969
- U.S. unit refuses commander's order
- Aug 24, 1970
- B-52s conduct heavy raids along the DMZ
- Aug 25, 1967
- McNamara concedes that bombing is less than effective
- Aug 25, 1971
- 173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam
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