Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The date of the commencing of combatant activities in such area is hereby designated as January 1, 1964

Executive Order 11216—Designation of Vietnam and Waters Adjacent Thereto as a Combat Zone for the Purposes of Section 112 of...

04/23/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

I don't want to be charged with barring you from asking anything you want to.

This is the time for bridges to be built, not for antagonisms to be aroused.

We are watching the situation in Vietnam very closely.

I didn't think the speech was susceptible to that interpretation.