Today in Military History: March 4, 1968, request for more troops in Vietnam
On March 4, 1968, a task force sends a memo advising the Johnson Administration to send 22,000 more troops to Vietnam. The task force was created by the Johnson Administration in order to review the request by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Westmoreland for an additional 185,000 – 200,000 troops. The task force…