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Transcript
[Sound of protesters]
NARRATOR: Many Americans felt betrayed by the Johnson administration. And antiwar demonstrations erupted across the country. Even Congress began to seriously question the validity of the war and the legality of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
On March 31, 1968, President Johnson announced, unexpectedly, that he would not seek re-election as president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson, who for five years had sought a decisive military victory over communism in South Vietnam, had himself become a casualty of the TET Offensive.
NARRATOR: Many Americans felt betrayed by the Johnson administration. And antiwar demonstrations erupted across the country. Even Congress began to seriously question the validity of the war and the legality of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
On March 31, 1968, President Johnson announced, unexpectedly, that he would not seek re-election as president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson, who for five years had sought a decisive military victory over communism in South Vietnam, had himself become a casualty of the TET Offensive.
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