1968+Turning+Point

Leading up to 1968...
 * No clear cut winner in the war
 * Increase in American forces in SE Asia
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam

LBJ remain determined... The Tet Offensive
 * Optimistic reports are sent back
 * McNamara sees "a light at the end of a tunnel"
 * Overall, the public still supported America in Vietnam
 * Turning point in Vietnam
 * An attack on the U.S. strongholds throughout Southern Vietnam by VC
 * Tet was the Lunar New Year in Vietnam
 * Tet Offensive failed
 * This was reported on live TV
 * Eventually developed into a U.S. victory
 * Shook the public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat
 * LBJ struggles - Congress cuts his Great Society budget
 * US involvement in the war is openly criticized
 * New Defense Secretary states that the war seems unwinnable
 * The nation turns on Johnson and he speaks about halting the bombing and not running again
 * MLK is assassinated during the time, after the news violenve is breaking out across the nation
 * Robert Kennedy is shot and assassinated
 * Election between Humphrey, Wallace, and Nixon. Nixon wins