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....
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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
Gallo to Serve Time in Rikers
Feb. 14, 1962 - Joseph Gallo, Brooklyn racketeer, was ordered today to serve a three-year term at Rikers Island Penitentiary for coercion...
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...
Feb 13, 2022
GOP Wants "Full Report" on Vietnam from Kennedy
Feb. 13, 1962 - The Republican National Committee called on President Kennedy today to “make a full report to the American people” on...
Feb 11, 2022
Katu Tribe Sets Poison Traps in Vietnam
Feb. 11, 1962 - U.S. military personnel on reconnaissance in central Vietnam have run into hostile aborigines, belonging to the Katu...
Feb 11, 2022
Washington Officials See Mounting Danger in Vietnam
Feb. 11, 1962 - What President Kennedy has called the “increasing ferocity” of the war in South Vietnam and the increasing involvement of...
Feb 9, 2022
James Cagney Narrates Documentary on Communism "The Road to the Wall"
Feb. 9, 1962 - Narrated by actor James Cagney, "The Road to the Wall" explores the steady march of Communism through the years. It begins...
Feb 9, 2022
U.S. Build-Up in South Vietnam Continues
Feb. 9, 1962 - The decision announced yesterday to set up a new U.S. command in Saigon under a full general is said to be a result of the...
Feb 8, 2022
President Kennedy Picks General Harkins to Head Vietnam Command
Feb. 8, 1962 - The U.S. established a new military command in Communist-threatened South Vietnam today and named a four-star general to...
Feb 7, 2022
Lucky Luciano Buried in New York
Feb. 7, 1962 - The Lucky Luciano story ended in New York City today. The body of the exiled gangster (pictured in 1931) was brought back...
Feb 7, 2022
U.S. Military Personnel Pour Into South Vietnam
Feb. 7, 1962 - Two U.S. Army air support companies totaling 300 men arrived in Saigon today from the plains of Kansas to bolster South...
Feb 6, 2022
U.S. Army Helicopters Take Fire from Viet Cong
Feb. 6, 1962 - One U.S. Army helicopter crashed and burned, and two others were hit by Communist Viet Cong guerrilla fire today on an...
Feb 4, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops Hit Reds With Assist from U.S. Air Force Helicopter Company
Feb. 4, 1962 - A U.S. Air Force helicopter company carrying Vietnamese troops routed Communist forces today around the village of Hung...
Jan 31, 2022
Gallo Gang Rescues Six Children from Brooklyn Blaze
Jan. 31, 1962 - Seven members of the Gallo gang rescued six children today in Brooklyn when a fire in a mattress filled a top-floor...
Jan 31, 2022
President Kennedy Pleased with OAS Exclusion of Cuba
Jan. 31, 1962 - President Kennedy expressed satisfaction today with the actions taken against Cuba by the Organization of American...
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