Viet Cong Proving a Tough and Elusive Foe in South Vietnam
Apr. 18, 1962 - The Communist insurgents (pictured) are still winning most of the clashes in the arc of South Vietnamese provinces from...
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Apr 16, 2022
U.S. Marines Wait for Action in South Vietnam
Apr. 16, 1962 - United States Marines awaited their first action today in the intensified war against Communist guerrillas in South...
Apr 15, 2022
Former C.I.A. Director Dulles Arrives in Saigon with Pentagon Study Group
Apr. 15, 1962 - Another indication of deepening U.S. involvement in South Vietnam’s campaign against the Communist guerrillas called the...
Apr 15, 2022
U.S. Marine Helicopter Unit Lands in South Vietnam
Apr. 15, 1962 - A U.S. Marine helicopter unit landed in Vietnam today. The Marines will be based at Soc Trang, capital of Ba Xuyen...
Apr 11, 2022
Twelve Viet Cong Killed by Government Forces
Apr. 11, 1962 - A United States military source said today that 12 Vietnamese Communist guerrillas were killed as the band that captured...
Apr 10, 2022
Two U.S. Army Officers Murdered by Viet Cong
Apr. 10, 1962 - United States Army officers said today that two wounded American sergeants were murdered in cold blood by their Communist...
Apr 8, 2022
Two Americans Killed, Two Captured by Viet Cong
Apr. 8, 1962 - Two United States enlisted men were killed and two others were missing today in an attack by Communist guerrillas near An...
Apr 7, 2022
Viet Cong Attack is Crushed in Four-Hour Battle in An Hoa
Apr. 7, 1962 - South Vietnamese Government forces (pictured), alerted by spies in the Viet Cong movement, crushed an attack by 1,200...
Apr 5, 2022
U.S. Army Establishes Anti-Guerrilla School at Fort Bragg
Apr. 5, 1962 - The Army announced today that it had established an anti-guerrilla school at Fort Bragg, N.C. Personnel will be trained to...
Apr 5, 2022
Former Gen. Edwin A. Walker Punches Reporter Outside Senate Caucus Room
Apr. 5, 1962 — As Edwin A. Walker left the Senate caucus room today after testifying about Secretary of State Dean Rusk’s role in an...
Apr 5, 2022
Former Gen. Edwin A. Walker Challenges Secretary Rusk's Loyalty
Apr. 5, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker, who resigned from the Army to take up the cause of “Constitutional” conservatism, challenged today the...
Apr 1, 2022
U.S. Army Helicopters Assist South Vietnamese in Heavy Fighting
Apr. 1, 1962 - South Vietnam’s 42nd Regiment was engaged in heavy fighting today after a penetration deep into a Communist guerrilla...
Mar 30, 2022
Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues
Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...
Mar 29, 2022
2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week
Mar. 29, 1962 - Approximately 2,000 people a week are leaving Cuba. All commercial planes bound for Miami, Mexico City and Kingston,...
Mar 29, 2022
Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners
Mar. 29, 1962 - The Castro Government put 1,182 prisoners on trial today behind closed doors at Principe Prison, in Havana’s suburbs. The...
Mar 28, 2022
General Lemnitzer Visits Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1962 - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, flew to the village of Binh Hung in South Vietnam...
Mar 26, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops Try to "Pacify" Villages North of Saigon
Mar. 26, 1962 - A comprehensive plan to pacify South Vietnam has started modestly in the forests north of Saigon. Last Thursday,...
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Supports Irregular Army in Vietnam
Mar. 24, 1962 - The United States is quietly supporting an irregular army called the Sea Swallows, left by an expatriate Chinese Roman...
Mar 23, 2022
Correspondents in Saigon Frustrated
Mar. 23, 1962 - One of the battles being fought in South Vietnam involves the problem of finding out what is going on and reporting it to...
Mar 22, 2022
U.S. Officials: Tide May Be Turning in Vietnam
Mar. 22, 1962 - United States authorities are cautiously optimistic that the tide may soon start turning against the Communists in South...
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