1960s Timeline

Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues

2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week

Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners

General Lemnitzer Visits Vietnam

South Vietnamese Troops Try to "Pacify" Villages North of Saigon

U.S. Supports Irregular Army in Vietnam

Correspondents in Saigon Frustrated

U.S. Officials: Tide May Be Turning in Vietnam

Soviets: U.S. Fighting "Undeclared War" in Vietnam

U.S. Army Helicopters Pursue Viet Cong Close to Cambodian Border

Plane Carrying 93 U.S. Soldiers Disappears in Pacific

McNamara: U.S. Personnel in Vietnam Return Fire from Viet Cong

Cubans Smuggle Red Chinese Opium into U.S.

U.S. Pilots Spearhead Counterattack against Viet Cong

Castro Urges "Communist Spirit" in Cuba

Castro Rations Rice and Beans in Cuba

Castro Claims Cuba Invented Baseball

U.S. Officials: American Pilots Engaged in Combat Missions in Vietnam

Army Helicopters Carry South Vietnamese Troops in "Successful" Raid

Major Drive by South Vietnamese Troops in Mekong Delta