Military

General Westmoreland made it clear that we would need additional manpower.

Until he does, the men there are going to give a good account of themselves.

No Commander in Chief in the history of the American Nation ever had a better equipped, a more competent, or a more devoted Armed Forces than you have now.

Then they turned our fleet upside down in Pearl Harbor.

We are fighting tonight in Vietnam to make that stand come true.

Here in Korea tonight, our fighting men stand with your own along the demilitarized zone, and we shall come once more to your defense if aggression--God forbid--should occur here again.

I came here today with only one regret: that I would not be able to personally thank every man in Vietnam for what he is doing.

Such men today are in Vietnam.

General Westmoreland told me as we were reviewing the troops that no armed forces anywhere, at any time, commanded by any commander in chief, were up to the group that we have in Vietnam now.

This nation has never left the field of battle in abject surrender of a cause for which it has fought.

We not only have military problems here, as everyone knows, but we have political problems and economic problems.

We must meet the heavy demands of our military and economic effort in Vietnam without losing our momentum for social progress here at home.

I am not familiar with what General Walt said.

It has mobilized and expanded its staff—and it is doing a magnificent job for our troops on many fronts.

The bill authorizes a military construction program.

The United States made its forces a part of that Inter-American Force.

We must always be prepared and have the arms and the strength to defend America.

I also direct that for the same length of time the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half-staff over their embassies, legations, and other facilities…