On February 27, 1968, journalist Walter Cronkite called for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. Thirty-three days later, President Lyndon Johnson announced he would not run for re-election. “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor takes a look back [in the video below].
This CBS Evening News broadcast about the February 27, 1968 editorial by Walter Cronkite was broadcast on Feb 27, 2018, 50 years later.