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On the recordOctober 31, 1965
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 foreign force.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Executive Order 11255—Designation of Vietnam and Waters Adjacent Thereto as an Overseas Combat Area for Purposes of Armed...

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