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Oct 5, 2022

Viet Cong Counterpunch Near Ap My Luong, One American Dead

Oct. 5, 1962 - The Communist Viet Cong threw a powerful counterpunch at a Government task force of more than 1,000 troops today, killing...

Oct 3, 2022

Viet Cong Wipe Out Catholic Forces 12 Miles from Saigon

Oct. 3, 1962 - More than half of a force of 50 volunteers recruited by a Roman Catholic priest was wiped out today in an ambush by...

Sep 28, 2022

Gen. Shoup Urges Patience in Vietnam

Sept. 28, 1962 - U.S. sources reported that South Vietnamese Government troops routed two companies of Viet Cong guerrillas in fighting...

Sep 27, 2022

Helicopters Play Critical Role in Vietnam

Sept. 27, 1962 - In an effort to fit the aircraft to the terrain, the U.S. military command in Vietnam has added heavily armed HU-1-A...

Sep 26, 2022

Chinese Officials Assail U.S.

Sept. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Government of the U.S. as a whole were assailed today at a public meeting held in Peking to...

Sep 18, 2022

Government Forces Kill 153 Red Guerrillas in Rout

Sept. 18, 1962 - South Vietnamese Government troops scored a major victory over the Communist guerrillas today in the area around the...

Sep 16, 2022

American-Style Bars Thrive in Saigon

Sept. 16, 1962 - You can drink at the “Texas Bar” in Saigon now. If you don’t like Texas, you can always try the California, the Miami or...

Sep 13, 2022

Gen. Taylor Finishes Southeast Asian Tour

Sept. 13, 1962 - General Maxwell D. Taylor (pictured with President Kennedy last year) gave an optimistic report today on the military...

Sep 11, 2022

U.S. Officials in Vietnam “Cautiously Optimistic” on War

Sept. 11, 1962 - Top U.S. military authorities in Saigon have described the campaign against Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam with...

Sep 4, 2022

South Vietnam Expels Newsweek Correspondent

Sept. 4, 1962 - The government of South Vietnam acted today to expel Francois Sully (pictured), Saigon correspondent for Newsweek...

Sep 3, 2022

Gen. Taylor Indicates Possibility of Increased Role for U.S. in Vietnam

Sept. 3, 1962 - General Maxwell D. Taylor (pictured with Vice President Johnson in May), newly appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

Aug 29, 2022

U.S. Casualty Update in Vietnam Provided by Government

Aug. 29, 1962 - Eleven U.S. military men had been killed and twenty-eight wounded in the Vietnam war against Communist guerrillas up...

Aug 27, 2022

South Vietnam Scores Military Successes Without Political Follow-Through

Aug. 27, 1962 - South Vietnam’s massive campaign against Communist guerrilla strongholds at the southern tip of the country appears to...

Aug 26, 2022

Infighting between U.S. and South Vietnamese Forces

Aug. 26, 1962 - Simmering hostility between U.S. and South Vietnamese forces is imperiling joint efforts against the Viet Cong. Troops of...

Aug 25, 2022

War from the Skies in Vietnam

Aug. 25, 1962 - The “eagle flights” of U.S. helicopters have given a new dimension to the South Vietnamese army’s grinding campaign...

Aug 21, 2022

Administration Sees Vietnam War as Temporary Draw

Aug. 21, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration’s latest estimate of the war in South Vietnam is that the U.S.-backed Vietnamese forces and...

Aug 20, 2022

Viet Cong Evade South Vietnamese Troops

Aug. 20, 1962 - For 4 days in the southern swamplands of South Vietnam, crack Government troops supported by U.S. Marine helicopters,...

Aug 4, 2022

Viet Cong See Possible Defeat

Aug. 4, 1962 - For the first time in South Vietnam’s fierce guerrilla warfare, Communist insurgent leaders have revealed concern over a...

Aug 3, 2022

Australian Jungle Fighters Arrive in Vietnam

Aug. 3, 1962 - A battle-hardened team of Australian jungle fighters arrived in Saigon today to train South Vietnam’s forces in the newest...

Jul 28, 2022

Americans Stationed in Vietnam Don’t Share Kennedy Administration’s Optimism

July 28, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration’s cautious optimism on the progress of South Vietnam’s war against the Viet Cong is not widely...