Lyndon Johnson actually said...
An enemy regiment, encircled by a tri-nation operation, launched a full-scale, predawn attack against the 7th Airborne Battalion on 19 February 1967, under weather conditions which prevented U.S. tactical air support.
Context
Presidential Unit Citation Awarded to the 7th Airborne Battalion, Airborne Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
10/30/1967