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according to my marine boyfriend who did 3 tours in Vietnam, the president who succeeded John F. Kennedy (after he was assassinated), was Lyndon B. Johnson, or "lbj,' as he called, commited our American troops to the Vietnam conflict. august 3, 1964, was the date when my boyfriend arrived for combat duty from saigon aboard the uss maddox dd731.

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