Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The United States warmly appreciates your fixing the date to coincide with the Fifth Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress as a tribute to the memory of President Kennedy."

"I hereby designate for the purposes of those sections, as an overseas combat area where the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in military operations involving armed conflict with a hostile..."

"I take this opportunity to express again my deep personal interest in individual and collective efforts to give greater impetus to our vital Alliance for Progress."

"Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of this Nation, and their local and national government officials, to observe Wright Bro..."