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...
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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...
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