The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today. The following story ran in April 2016 before a summit on the war began at the LBJ Presidential Library.

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great Society” — but the shadow of Vietnam loomed over the White House. What ...

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But President Lyndon Johnson dashed the hopes of those who marched from Central Park to the United Nations that day (with an actual turnout later estimated at 400,000).

He teaches several lectures on the Vietnam War, along with classes on military science and history. The conflict in French-occupied Indochina started well before the Vietnam War.

Randy “Duke” Cunningham, whose feats as a U.S. Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S House of Representatives career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting ...