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Jun 15, 2022

🚨NEW: Evening Report | June 15, 1962

Retro news capsule with vintage commercials. Click here to listen. Headlines: President Kennedy addresses the Peace Corps; Senator...

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...