When President Nixon took office there was approximately 536,100 American troops in Vietnam. President Nixon immediately started reducing the number of troops in Vietnam.
Oath of Office
When the south fell, and every last US serviceman departed South Vietnam (what was left of it); President Ford was the President of the United States.
When President Nixon took office in 1969.
In 1969, when President Nixon took office.
The vice president would take office because the constitution states that if the president dies or resigns during his term in office the vice president serves the rest of the term
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Truman was out of office for a full 3 years before we sent as much as an advisor to Vietnam in 1956. Dwight Eisenhower sent the first Americans to Vietnam.
He may have visited there but he was not a wartime president during the Vietnam war. It was over for the US before he gained the office of the presidency.
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The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifies the date that the President and Congress take office.
All US presidents take the oath of office, starting with the first president, George Washington.