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Nixon's Patton Marathon
Nixon had inherited the Vietnam War after being elected president in 1968. He'd vowed to bring what he called a just peace to the region and pledged to withdraw American troops. But by April 1970, the fighting in Vietnam was spilling into Cambodia. Nixon decided to get aggressive in Cambodia, where he'd soon send thousands of US combat troops.