Johnson announces bombing halt and will not seek reelection

North Vietnamese and NLF forces launched coordinated attacks during the Tết holiday across South Vietnam. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces later regained most territory, but the offensive undermined...

NLF and North Vietnamese forces entered Huế and held much of the city for weeks. Fighting devastated neighborhoods and displaced civilians. Communist executions during the occupation and killings by...

After reporting from Vietnam in the aftermath of Tết, CBS anchor Walter Cronkite described the conflict as approaching stalemate. His broadcast reflected a widening credibility gap in the United...

After fighting that began during Tết, government and U.S. forces regained control of Huế. The battle damaged neighborhoods and cultural sites and caused mass displacement. Accounts of civilian...

U.S. troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, mostly women, children and older people. The crime was initially concealed and became public in 1969. My Lai exposed the human...

King’s assassination in Memphis intensified grief and political crisis across the United States. A year earlier he had condemned the war as connected to racism and poverty, arguing that military...

The 1st Cavalry Division linked up with Marines after months of siege and air supply. The corridor ended the encirclement, but did not erase the costs of the battle to nearby communities or settle the...

Representatives of the United States and Democratic Republic of Vietnam opened talks in Paris. Disputes over who could participate and the war’s political future delayed progress; the NLF and the...

Notes by Nixon aide H. R. Haldeman record discussion of efforts to “monkey wrench” Johnson’s peace initiative before the election. The episode demonstrates how domestic electoral calculation entered...

Johnson ordered a halt to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam ahead of the Paris peace talks. The move followed years of bombing and domestic opposition, but did not stop U.S. operations elsewhere or end...