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![President Kennedy Gets a New Helicopter](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8a0667a7282845019a94b3ca8e7fb237~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_8a0667a7282845019a94b3ca8e7fb237~mv2.webp)
President Kennedy Gets a New Helicopter
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![16,000 Casualties in Vietnam This Year](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_7218916f21764dc2ba9630a8dcc3f730~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_7218916f21764dc2ba9630a8dcc3f730~mv2.webp)
16,000 Casualties in Vietnam This Year
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![Connally Takes Strong Lead in Texas Gubernatorial Primary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5aaa8e4019a64da897118064271b61f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_5aaa8e4019a64da897118064271b61f1~mv2.webp)
Connally Takes Strong Lead in Texas Gubernatorial Primary
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![President Visits Eglin Air Force Base](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_7a0a206d62764b408b71a5eb8e49211a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_7a0a206d62764b408b71a5eb8e49211a~mv2.webp)
President Visits Eglin Air Force Base
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![President Kennedy Gets Cheering Welcome in New Orleans](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_43f36ea3a99e42498065c1ac2e63f053~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_43f36ea3a99e42498065c1ac2e63f053~mv2.webp)
President Kennedy Gets Cheering Welcome in New Orleans
![South Vietnamese Troops, Carried by American Helicopters, Strike Viet Cong Reds](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_edf4e278f7db4eb580bd30d4df1b0811~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_edf4e278f7db4eb580bd30d4df1b0811~mv2.webp)
South Vietnamese Troops, Carried by American Helicopters, Strike Viet Cong Reds
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![Astronauts Glenn and Titov Share the Spotlight in Washington](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d4b2e02e55d54c7f85f890a20f48da1d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_d4b2e02e55d54c7f85f890a20f48da1d~mv2.webp)
Astronauts Glenn and Titov Share the Spotlight in Washington
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![Two Released Sergeants Deny Pleading for Clemency from Viet Cong](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ea85c419a43f4fad8082e7c609d6f20c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_ea85c419a43f4fad8082e7c609d6f20c~mv2.webp)
Two Released Sergeants Deny Pleading for Clemency from Viet Cong
![Viet Cong Free Two U.S. Army Sergeants from Captivity](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_aabfe3414daf4e6a98bc2db6753d0f8e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_aabfe3414daf4e6a98bc2db6753d0f8e~mv2.webp)
Viet Cong Free Two U.S. Army Sergeants from Captivity
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![Former President Eisenhower Speaks at Library Dedication](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d68bfb7051fc46c6b4235361d3cdf1c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_d68bfb7051fc46c6b4235361d3cdf1c9~mv2.webp)
Former President Eisenhower Speaks at Library Dedication
![Under Secretary of State George Ball Speaks Out on Vietnam](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3220a6e044274cdfb855ecb8ba25ecf1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_3220a6e044274cdfb855ecb8ba25ecf1~mv2.webp)
Under Secretary of State George Ball Speaks Out on Vietnam
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![President Kennedy Welcomes Nobel Prize Winners to White House](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e299de7738d949609628662e2667b8f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_e299de7738d949609628662e2667b8f6~mv2.webp)
President Kennedy Welcomes Nobel Prize Winners to White House
![U.S. Special Forces Training Rhade Tribesmen to Fight in Vietnam](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_bd1df63a6f6146209f36f7bd8654f682~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_bd1df63a6f6146209f36f7bd8654f682~mv2.webp)
U.S. Special Forces Training Rhade Tribesmen to Fight in Vietnam
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![Roger Maris Visits President Kennedy at the White House](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ce810af58e824190a451764212e2b270~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_ce810af58e824190a451764212e2b270~mv2.webp)
Roger Maris Visits President Kennedy at the White House
![Communist China Supporting North Vietnam](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a4e335aebe2e41149cc3b6f203d3de85~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a4e335aebe2e41149cc3b6f203d3de85~mv2.webp)
Communist China Supporting North Vietnam
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![U.S. Sets Off Two More Nuclear Explosions](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0866f9465a164e1f9feef6fd1e3eacbe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_0866f9465a164e1f9feef6fd1e3eacbe~mv2.webp)
U.S. Sets Off Two More Nuclear Explosions
![Communist China Verbally Assails President Kennedy and the U.S.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3a653422db6f414c996d564269d60264~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_3a653422db6f414c996d564269d60264~mv2.webp)
Communist China Verbally Assails President Kennedy and the U.S.
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![Caroline Kennedy, 4 Years Old, Signed for College Preparatory School](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b705e61fbc9547a9987a90480aa7bc9b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_b705e61fbc9547a9987a90480aa7bc9b~mv2.webp)
Caroline Kennedy, 4 Years Old, Signed for College Preparatory School
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![Code Name of New U.S. Nuclear Test Series is "Operation Dominic"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_4be4880ceacf45a39299c5dd8e96cbb6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_4be4880ceacf45a39299c5dd8e96cbb6~mv2.webp)
Code Name of New U.S. Nuclear Test Series is "Operation Dominic"
![Vietnamese Rangers, with help from U.S. Marines, Rout Communists](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_dd52989319a74f7dbe0e6e9950695190~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_dd52989319a74f7dbe0e6e9950695190~mv2.webp)
Vietnamese Rangers, with help from U.S. Marines, Rout Communists