Title: 1968: The Height of the Vietnam War | Serve
Headings: 1968: The Height of the Vietnam War
1968: The Height of the Vietnam War
Content: Nearly 150 U.S. Marines were killed during the Battle of Hue along with 400 South Vietnamese soldiers. An estimated 5,000 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed, most of them due to American air and artillery strikes. On March 31, President Johnson finally declared he would limit the bombing in North Vietnam and called for negotiations to end the war. He also ended the broadcast with the announcement that he would not be running for re-election as President of the United States that November. Despite the Vietnam War carrying on past 1968 and into the 1970s, the beginning of the end started in 1968. Multiple attacks that occurred during the start of 1968 set the tone for the entire year that followed. The endless war that reached its peak with Lyndon B. Johnson in power and ended with Richard Nixon would lead to countless protests and dissatisfaction with the government. Watch the second part of a six-part series about 1968 here: 1968: The Height of the Vietnam War
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