🚨NEW: Evening Report | June 15, 1962
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Jun 15, 2022
Who Are the Viet Cong?
June 15, 1962 - Who are the Viet Cong? American military advisors and South Vietnamese officers put them in three categories. The first...
Jun 14, 2022
South Vietnamese Army, Assisted by U.S. Helicopters, Opens Zone D Offensive
June 14, 1962 - South Vietnamese Army units opened an offensive this morning against Zone D, a jungle sanctuary for the Communist Viet...
Jun 13, 2022
Viet Cong May Release American Prisoner
June 13, 1962 - Communist guerrilla leaders are seeking to win a propaganda advantage from the impending release of an American...
Jun 11, 2022
Specialist 4-C George Fryett is Prisoner of the Viet Cong
June 11, 1962 - A U.S. soldier who disappeared Christmas morning after pedaling out of Saigon on his bicycle is a prisoner of the...
Jun 10, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK Speaks at West Point
June 6, 1962 - JFK addresses the graduating cadets at West Point and pardons 20 from room confinement. #jfk #military #veterans #vietnam...
Jun 7, 2022
Lepers Survive Viet Cong Raid
June 7, 1962 - Four American missionaries went under heavy military escort to the Banmethuot leprosarium today in South Vietnam to...
Jun 6, 2022
Communist Guerrillas Attack Freight Trains in South Vietnam
June 6, 1962 - Communist guerrillas (pictured) captured two freight trains filled with food and supplies today in a bold daylight raid 90...
Jun 5, 2022
Viet Cong Kill 18 in Mekong Delta, Burn Buildings, Kidnap Officials
June 5, 1962 - The Viet Cong raided a district headquarters of the South Vietnamese Government in the Mekong delta early today, killing...
Jun 4, 2022
U.S. Information Agency Searching for New Term for Viet Cong
June 4, 1962 - The U.S. Information Agency is sponsoring a contest in Saigon for a new name for the Viet Cong guerrillas, who are...
Jun 1, 2022
Missionaries Captured by Viet Cong Still Missing
June 1, 1962 - Vietnamese military patrols searched the highlands of southern Darlac Province today for three American missionaries...
May 31, 2022
Viet Cong Kidnap Three American Missionaries
May 31, 1962 - Communist guerrillas raided a leprosarium in the central highlands in South Vietnam last night and kidnapped three...
May 29, 2022
Viet Cong Headquarters in Central Highlands Bombed
May 29, 1962 - The chief of the South Vietnamese General Staff said today that the Vietnamese Air Force had bombed the headquarters of...
May 26, 2022
Good Week for Government Forces in South Vietnam
May 26, 1962 - U.S Army and Marine helicopters carried Vietnamese troops in a raid today against remnants of two Communist guerrilla...
May 24, 2022
South Vietnamese 7th Division Inflicts Heavy Casualties on Viet Cong
May 24, 1962 - The South Vietnamese Seventh Division continued today to inflict heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla force trapped...
May 24, 2022
Assassination Plotters Sentenced to Death in South Vietnam
May 24, 1962 - In Saigon today, a special military tribunal sentenced three Vietnamese to death for having plotted to assassinate the...
May 23, 2022
Four U.S. Officers Wounded in Vietnam
May 23, 1962 - A son of General Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy’s former representative in Berlin, was among four U.S. officers wounded...
May 19, 2022
Three U.S. Soldiers Injured in Saigon Grenade Attack
May 19, 1962 - Three U.S. soldiers were injured today when a grenade exploded near the entrance to their quarters. Eight South Vietnamese...
May 18, 2022
Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam
May 18, 1962 - In a speech to collective farmers in central Bulgaria, Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared that U.S. forces would be driven...
May 17, 2022
South Vietnam Employs New Propaganda Weapon
May 17, 1962 - U.S. Army helicopters carried South Vietnamese troops to mopping-up operations today in Long An Province, 20 miles...
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