Johnson retaliates for Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase 50 years ago this hour (Feb 7 1965)


Video: 'American Experience Lyndon B Johnson PBS Documentary | Bertha Park' (Feb. 7, 1965, at 4:50)

(Sunday, February 7, 1965, 2:00 p.m. local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson ordered Operation Flaming Dart today in retaliation for the Feb. 6-7, 1965, Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase.


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Feb. 7, 1965, at 24:56)