Dad called for help to deal with Detroit.
“”Elements of the 82nd and 101st U.S. Army Airborne Divisions were mobilized outside of the city. As the situation in Detroit worsened, Romney told Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance, “We gotta move, man, we gotta move.”
Near midnight on July 24, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized thousands of paratroopers to enter Detroit. Johnson went on national television to announce his actions and made seven references to Romney’s inability to control the riot using state and local forces. Thousands of arrests took place and the rioting continued until July 27.