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Feb 26, 2022

South Vietnamese President Diem's Palace Bombed

Feb. 26, 1962 - Two fighter-bombers bearing markings of the South Vietnamese Air Force attacked President Ngo Dinh Diem’s today with...

Feb 25, 2022

United States Will Continue Offering All Necessary Aid to Vietnam

Feb. 25, 1962 - The U.S. is not interested in engaging in any international consultations over the situation in Vietnam as demanded by...

Feb 24, 2022

Communist China Protests American Buildup in Vietnam

Feb. 24, 1962 - Communist China declared today that its security was seriously affected by an “undeclared war” waged by the U.S. in South...

Feb 22, 2022

Hoover: No Compromise With Communists

Feb. 22, 1962 - J. Edgar Hoover said today that “there can be no compromise with the Communists” and that “the sooner every American...

Feb 21, 2022

Goldwater: Cold War Victory to be Determined by "Power of Conviction"

Feb. 21, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater urged the U.S. today not to “compete in bragging” with the Soviet Union. The Arizona Republican...

Feb 21, 2022

Crew of Destroyer "Remey" Get Respite from "Cold War"

Feb. 21, 1962 - The U.S. destroyer Remey (pictured) sailed into port in New York today for a week’s respite from service in the “cold...

Feb 21, 2022

President Kennedy Outlines Difficulties in Vietnam and Laos

Feb. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy indicated today that the U.S. intended to try to bring about general stability in South Vietnam and...

Feb 20, 2022

McNamara Returns to Capital, Spokesman Says Viet Cong Being Hit "Harder than Ever"

Feb. 20, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara returned to the capital today and reported improvement in the South Vietnamese...

Feb 19, 2022

McNamara: "Long, Hard Struggle" in Vietnam

Feb. 19, 1962 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that the South Vietnam war “seems to be stabilized,” but that guerrilla...

Feb 19, 2022

Goldwater Praises McNamara, Hits Kennedy on Cuba

Feb. 19, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater praised Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara today as “one of the best Secretaries of Defense...

Feb 18, 2022

Nina Khrushchev Pleads for Disarmament in Message to American Women

Feb. 18, 1962 - Mrs. Nina Petrovna Khrushchev (pictured with the First Lady last June in Austria), wife of the Soviet Premier, pleaded...

Feb 18, 2022

Specialists Cast Doubt on National Shelter Program

Feb. 18, 1962 - A pamphlet contending that any national shelter program would be almost useless has been issued by eight specialists who...

Feb 17, 2022

GOP Wants Answers on Vietnam

Feb. 17, 1962 - The Republicans charged again today that President Kennedy was hiding the extent of U.S. involvement in South Vietnam....

Feb 17, 2022

McCone Replaces Bissell with Richard Helms at CIA

Feb. 17, 1962 - John A. McCone (pictured), the new director of the C.I.A., has begun to rebuild the agency’s high command by putting a...

Feb 16, 2022

Washington Officials: Defeat of Viet Cong Could Take 10 Years

Feb. 16, 1962 - Washington officials predicted today the ultimate defeat of the Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam by the Government...

Feb 15, 2022

Ambassador Nolting Bids South Vietnamese Stop Criticizing Government

Feb. 15, 1962 - Frederick E. Nolting, Ambassador to South Vietnam, said today that social, economic and political reforms in South...

Feb 14, 2022

French Leftists Exhilirated by Massive Demonstration

Feb. 14, 1962 - The French political Left, in parties, unions and civic groups, was exhilarated today by the massive outpouring of people...

Feb 14, 2022

U.S. Seeking Information from Chinese on Missing Korean War Soldiers

Feb. 14, 1962 - State Department authorities said today the U.S. was still trying to get an accounting from Communist China of American...

Feb 14, 2022

President Says He's Being as "Frank as Possible" on Vietnam

Feb. 14, 1962 - Responding to criticism, President Kennedy said today he was being as frank as possible about U.S. involvement in the war...

Feb 13, 2022

U.S. Destroyer Escorts Arriving in Vietnam

Feb. 13, 1962 - United States destroyer escorts will arrive at Danang in South Vietnam this week to bolster the South Vietnamese Navy’s...