robert mcnamara life timeline |
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Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he quit to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration. | Wednesday, November 9th, 1960 |
Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks in Guantanamo Bay, to Secretary of Defense Robert Mcnamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position. | Tuesday, March 13th, 1962 |
Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. | Thursday, December 16th, 1965 |
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. | Wednesday, November 29th, 1967 |