 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutungamiri Kennedy akapondwamusi wa22 November 1963. Mutevedzeri waPurezidhendi Lyndon B. Johnson akanga asina kubatanidzwa zvikuru nomutemo wakanangana neVietnam; zvisinei, paakava purezidhendi, Johnson pakarepo akaisa ngwariro pahondo. Musi wa24 November 1963, akati, kurwisana nekominisi... kunofanira kubatana... nesimba uye kutsunga. Johnson aiziva kuti akanga agara nhaka mamiriro ezvinhu akanga achiramba achiipisisa muSouth Vietnam, asi akanamatira kunzira inogamuchirwa zvikuru yokudzivirira Maodzanyemba: Kana vakadzokera shure kana kuti vakagadzikana, chiito chipi nechipi chaizokanganisa mamwe marudzi kunze kwekurwisana. Vamwe vakataura kuti mutemo weNorth Vietnam wakanga usiri wokuparadza dzimwe hurumende dzisiri dzechiKomonisiti muSoutheast Asia. 