Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson is commonly referred to as LBJ and was the 36th president of the United States. He is one of only four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President. He sent the largest number of soldiers to fight in the war. He increased the American involvement in the Vietnam War from 16,000 in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968 He didn’t want to be the first president to lose a war. In March 1968, he said he would not go for reelection because of the Vietnam War.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890 and was the leader of communist North Vietnam. He had a reputation for being extremely intelligent but he was unwilling to learn the French language and he lost his job. In 1945 Ho announced the formation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In 1946, he formed an army and attacked the French. He wanted a unified, independent, and communist Vietnam. He stepped down from power in 1955 due to health problems. He died in 1969.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight attended and graduated from West Point, later married and had two kids. Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States army during WWII. He was the 34th president of the United States and was afraid that if Vietnam became communist, the rest of Asia would too. He wrote the Eisenhower Doctrine which stated that a country could request aid from U.S. military forces if the country was being threatened a communist country.