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Joseph Mendenhall

American diplomat · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1920 to 2013 · aged 92

Joseph Abraham Mendenhall was a United States State Department official, known for his advisory work during the Kennedy administration on policy towards Vietnam and Laos. He was best known for his participation in the Krulak Mendenhall mission to South Vietnam in 1963 with General Victor Krulak.

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Their vastly divergent conclusions led U.S. President John F. Kennedy to ask if they had visited the same country. Mendenhall continued his work in the Indochina region after Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency in wake of Kennedy's assassination.

Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2013 · aged 92