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Truman announces inquiry into Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1945
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Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard, 1979
Vietnam War
President receives optimistic reports, 1967
"March Against Death" commences in Washington, D.C., 1969
World War I
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World War II
Congress revises the Neutrality Act, 1941

Vietnam War

Nov 13, 1967:

President receives optimistic reports

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President Lyndon Johnson is briefed on the situation in Vietnam by Gen. William Westmoreland, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and Robert W. Komer, the head of the Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support program. They painted an optimistic picture that led Johnson to state on television on November 17 that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress." Such pronouncements haunted President Johnson and his advisers only two months later, when the communists launched a massive offensive during the Tet New Year holiday in January 1968.

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This Week in History, Nov 13 - Nov 19

Nov 13, 1967
President receives optimistic reports
Nov 13, 1969
"March Against Death" commences in Washington, D.C.
Nov 14, 1965
Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley
Nov 14, 1967
Marine general killed in Vietnam
Nov 14, 1972
Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam
Nov 15, 1966
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university
Nov 15, 1969
Second moratorium against the war held
Nov 16, 1961
Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
Nov 16, 1970
Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
Nov 16, 1971
U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians
Nov 17, 1965
1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley
Nov 17, 1970
My Lai trial begins
Nov 18, 1964
South Vietnamese conduct largest air assault to date
Nov 18, 1969
South Vietnamese fight first major battle after U.S. troops are withdrawn
Nov 18, 1970
Nixon appeals to Congress for funds for Cambodia
Nov 19, 1967
Chaplain Charles Watters receives Medal of Honor
Nov 19, 1971
Cambodians appeal for help

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