August 29

August 29, 1972: Nixon announces new troop reduction.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-another-troop-reduction

Malcolm Browne, 1931-2012

We're very sorry to learn of the death of Malcolm Browne, one of the great Vietnam War correspondents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/malcolm-browne-ap-vietnam-war-correspondent-who-snapped-iconic-burning-monk-photo-dies-at-81/2012/08/28/229ea6b4-f105-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html

August 28

August 28, 1968: DNC endorses Johnson's war platform.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dnc-endorses-johnson-administration-platform-on-the-war-in-vietnam

August 27

August 27, 1908: Lyndon Johnson, 36th president, born near Johnson City, Texas.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonbjohnson

August 27

August 27, 1970: Agnew and Thieu meet in Saigon.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/agnew-meets-with-president-thieu-in-saigon