1960s Timeline

Nov. 19, 1963 - Another George S. Patton is rising in the Army. Lieutenant Colonel Patton (left), son of the dashing “blood and guts”...

June 5, 1963 - The Army gave President Kennedy a spectacular demonstration of rocket age weapons today at New Mexico’s White Sands...

Nov. 29, 1962 - Army’s football squad left tonight for its traditional clash with Navy after an unusual ceremony. In the final practice...

Aug. 25, 1962 - A soldier who won the Medal of Honor in World War II for rushing into the fire of three German machine guns and...

July 23, 1962 - Private First Class Paul Hornung will be on his way to the Green Bay Packers’ training camp tomorrow. Hornung, the...

July 19, 1962 - The Army’s Nike Zeus defense missile intercepted the nose cone of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile today high...

July 12, 1962 - President Kennedy address U.S. Marines at their barracks in Washington, D.C. #jfk #marines #semperfi #army #navy...

June 6, 1962 - JFK addresses the graduating cadets at West Point and pardons 20 from room confinement. #jfk #military #veterans #vietnam...

June 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point. #jfk #military #veterans #army #navy #airforce #marines

May 12, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in...

May 12, 1962 - General Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in ceremonies today...

Apr. 18, 1962 - Two Army Reservists charged with breaches of military discipline were granted clemency today by President Kennedy. The...

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, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker, who resigned from the Army to take up the cause of “Constitutional” conservatism, challenged today the...

Jan. 26, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur celebrated his 82nd birthday in New York today, saying that he had “reached an age...

Jan. 26, 1962 - Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. (pictured far right) told Congress today that regular Army men whose duty tours...

Dec. 11, 1961 - Two U.S. Army helicopter companies arrived in Saigon today. The helicopters, to be flown and serviced by U.S. troops, are...

Nov. 3, 1961 - Paul Hornung (pictured #5), the Green Bay Packer halfback and leading scorer in the NFL, was found physically fit today...

Nov. 2, 1961 - Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker made known today his decision to resign from the Army. The general was formally admonished and...

Oct. 27, 1961 - Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers, originally scheduled for active Army duty next Monday, was directed today to take...