Photograph: LBJ agonizing over the Vietnam War

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One of the focuses of this blog over the last two years has been, along with aliens, alien lore, and UFOs (not so popular with the readership, these Grey/Alien articles), The Presidency, art, politics, poems, parody, Americana, history, and, over time, a lot about LBJ. In this classic photograph, President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to a tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam in July 1968. Charles was his son-in-law who was serving in the Vietnam War.

We don't see the bellicose statesman, but an agonized father-in-law who happened to be the wartime commander in chief. LBJ slumps over in a chair in the Cabinet Room as a reel-to-reel tape recorder plays a recording by Captain Robb. "When I left for Vietnam," he explained, "the president gave me a small battery-operated tape recorder ... so that I could send Lynda occasional recordings. I think [those tapes] gave him some of the texture of the war at company levels."
Some other recent LBJ photos from All This Is That:

LBJ and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King meet up
LBJ howls like a dog
Another good LBJ photo
And another. . .
One of the heroes and villains paintings
LBJ In A Characteristic Pose
Running Mates: Senators Lyndon Johnson And JFK
The Johnson Treatment, Part 6: The Hump and Senator Russell get the treatment
The Johnson Treatment, Part 5: Senator Richard Russell (Dem., Georgia) Undergoes The Treatment
The Johnson Treatment, Part 4: President Johnson Gives The Treatment To Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas
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