JFK Hits Boycotts of Merchants Selling Red Imports
Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...
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Nov 27, 2022
Movies: “Red Nightmare”
Nov. 27, 1962 - “Red Nightmare” is a short film narrated by Jack Webb (pictured). Mr. Webb introduces us to Jerry Donovan – an average...
Nov 7, 2022
Khrushchev: Soviet Rockets Are Out of Cuba
Nov. 7, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...
Nov 4, 2022
Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution Honored
Nov. 4, 1962 - A special prayer on the anniversary of the Soviet crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (pictured) was offered today...
Sep 13, 2022
Nixon Details “Anti-Subversive Program” in California
Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example...
Sep 12, 2022
Nixon Hits Communist Threat in California
Sept. 12, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon opened his big drive for the California governorship today by stressing communism, a subject that...
Sep 6, 2022
Moscow Looks at New York City
Sept. 6, 1962 - Moscow television tonight took the unusual step of presenting a documentary film that showed New York City and its tall...
Sep 2, 2022
Soviets Confirm Military Support for Cuba
Sept. 2, 1962 - The Soviet Union announced today that it had agreed to supply arms to Cuba and to provide technical specialists to train...
Jul 26, 2022
Castro Says U.S. Preparing to Attack Cuba
July 26, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro said at a rally in Santiago today that the U.S. is preparing direct armed aggression against Cuba....
Jul 8, 2022
(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Coexistence with the Communist Bloc
July 8, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses conditions for coexistence with the Soviet Union. #coldwar #communism #sovietunion...
Jul 3, 2022
JFK Remarks to Special Seminar of Foreign Service Institute
July 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House today to members of a special anti-insurgency seminar run by the...
Jun 29, 2022
Madison Square Garden Hosts Anti-Communist Crusade
June 29, 1962 - Eight thousand supporters of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade rallied in Madison Square Garden last night as two...
Jun 20, 2022
Walter Winchell Claims Anti-Communist, Anti-Kennedy Columns Censored
June 20, 1962 - Walter Winchell (pictured in 1960) said today that he would resign from the Hearst organization “if I could find some...
Jun 14, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on Red China
June 14, 1962 - President Kennedy responds to a Peace Corpsman's question as to why the U.S. does not send food to Red China. That nation...
Apr 30, 2022
Under Secretary of State George Ball Speaks Out on Vietnam
Apr. 30, 1962 - George W. Ball (pictured), Under Secretary of State, warned today that the war against the Communist Viet Cong in South...
Apr 28, 2022
U.S. Special Forces Training Rhade Tribesmen to Fight in Vietnam
Apr. 28, 1962 - The U.S. Special Forces are arming, training, and organizing the Rhade tribesmen of South Vietnam into a surprisingly...
Apr 27, 2022
Communist China Supporting North Vietnam
Apr. 27, 1962 - The Chinese Communists are said to be stepping up their military advisory program in North Vietnam to counter the...
Apr 25, 2022
Vietnamese Rangers, with help from U.S. Marines, Rout Communists
Apr. 25, 1962 - Vietnamese Rangers and the Civil Guard, with help from U.S. Marines, dealt a major blow today to Communist insurgents in...
Apr 24, 2022
Government Troops Kill 69 Viet Cong Insurgents
Apr. 24, 1962 - South Vietnamese troops, backed by American air support, killed 69 Communist guerrillas today in a running battle 34...
Apr 23, 2022
Wounded Sergeant in Vietnam Denied Purple Heart
Apr. 23, 1962 - An American sergeant wounded in the leg by Communist fire has been denied the Purple Heart. Although the incident was two...
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