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Document 5
Lyndon B. Johnson, April 26, 1965
5a. According to this document, what are two
reasons President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops
to Vietnam? [1,1]
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Reproduced from the June 2001 United States History and Government Regents Exam
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Why are we in South Vietnam? We are there because we have a promise to
keep. Since 1954 every American President has offered support to the people of South
Vietnam. We have helped to build, and we have helped to defend. Thus, over many
years, we have made a national pledge to help South Vietnam defend its independence.
And I intend to keep our promise.
To dishonor that pledge, to abandon this small and brave
nation to its enemy,
and to the terror that must follow, would be an unforgivable wrong...