McNamara–Taylor mission
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The McNamara–Taylor mission was a 10-day fact-finding expedition to South Vietnam in September 1963 by the Kennedy administration to review progress in the battle by the Army of the Republic of Vietna
US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell Taylor
US President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, a
McNamara–Taylor mission
…raids, the Kennedy administration sent Cable 243 to its embassy in Saigon, ordering it to explore alternative leadership possibilities. US President John F. Kennedy gave the following instructions to McNamara regarding the purpose of the mission: I am asking you to go because of my desire to have the best possible…
The Kennedy family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with JFK at top left in the white shirt, c. 1931
Kennedy on his navy patrol boat, the PT-109, 1943
Kennedy (standing, far right) and his crew on the deck of PT 109 in the Solomon Islands, 1943