Sen. Richard Russell, left, with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay, told Johnson in early March 1965, just before the Marines landed in Vietnam, “I don’t know how to back up now.” (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
Sen. Richard Russell, left, with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay, told Johnson in early March 1965, just before the Marines landed in Vietnam, “I don’t know how to back up now.” (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)