South Vietnam Not Requesting American Combat Troops At This Time
May 15, 1962 - South Vietnam will not request American combat troops at this stage of the Southeast Asian crisis, a high American source...
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May 13, 2022
Government Soldiers Fail To Flush Viet Cong in Mekong Delta
May 13, 1962 - United States helicopters carried more than 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers into the marshlands of the Mekong Delta...
May 12, 2022
Viet Cong Blow Up Troop Train, Threaten U.S.-Sponsored Resettlement Project
May 12, 1962 - A small Communist force blew up a troop train Thursday in central Vietnam, causing heavy Vietnamese losses. Today, other...
May 11, 2022
McNamara "Tremendously Encouraged" by Developments in Vietnam
May 11, 1962 - United States aid to South Vietnam has reached a peak and will start to level off, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara...
May 9, 2022
McNamara: U.S. Will Not Send Combat Troops to Vietnam
May 9, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (hatless at center) said today that there is no plan for introducing American...
May 9, 2022
Australia To Join U.S. in Aiding South Vietnam
May 9, 1962 - Australia announced today that she was prepared to give token military and civilian aid to embattled South Vietnam. The...
May 6, 2022
16,000 Casualties in Vietnam This Year
May 6, 1962 - Authoritative military sources said yesterday that there had been more than 16,000 casualties this year in South Vietnam’s...
May 3, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops, Carried by American Helicopters, Strike Viet Cong Reds
May 3, 1962 - United States Army and Marine helicopters carried South Vietnamese troops today to the edge of Plaine des Jones, a marshy...
May 2, 2022
Two Released Sergeants Deny Pleading for Clemency from Viet Cong
May 2, 1962 - Two American sergeants denied today they ever begged for clemency during 22 days of captivity among the Viet Cong. The...
May 1, 2022
Viet Cong Free Two U.S. Army Sergeants from Captivity
May 1, 1962 - Two U.S. Army sergeants captured by the Viet Cong more than three weeks ago were freed today by their captors. The...
Apr 30, 2022
Under Secretary of State George Ball Speaks Out on Vietnam
Apr. 30, 1962 - George W. Ball (pictured), Under Secretary of State, warned today that the war against the Communist Viet Cong in South...
Apr 28, 2022
U.S. Special Forces Training Rhade Tribesmen to Fight in Vietnam
Apr. 28, 1962 - The U.S. Special Forces are arming, training, and organizing the Rhade tribesmen of South Vietnam into a surprisingly...
Apr 27, 2022
Communist China Supporting North Vietnam
Apr. 27, 1962 - The Chinese Communists are said to be stepping up their military advisory program in North Vietnam to counter the...
Apr 25, 2022
Vietnamese Rangers, with help from U.S. Marines, Rout Communists
Apr. 25, 1962 - Vietnamese Rangers and the Civil Guard, with help from U.S. Marines, dealt a major blow today to Communist insurgents in...
Apr 24, 2022
Government Troops Kill 69 Viet Cong Insurgents
Apr. 24, 1962 - South Vietnamese troops, backed by American air support, killed 69 Communist guerrillas today in a running battle 34...
Apr 23, 2022
Wounded Sergeant in Vietnam Denied Purple Heart
Apr. 23, 1962 - An American sergeant wounded in the leg by Communist fire has been denied the Purple Heart. Although the incident was two...
Apr 18, 2022
Viet Cong Proving a Tough and Elusive Foe in South Vietnam
Apr. 18, 1962 - The Communist insurgents (pictured) are still winning most of the clashes in the arc of South Vietnamese provinces from...
Apr 16, 2022
U.S. Marines Wait for Action in South Vietnam
Apr. 16, 1962 - United States Marines awaited their first action today in the intensified war against Communist guerrillas in South...
Apr 15, 2022
Former C.I.A. Director Dulles Arrives in Saigon with Pentagon Study Group
Apr. 15, 1962 - Another indication of deepening U.S. involvement in South Vietnam’s campaign against the Communist guerrillas called the...
Apr 15, 2022
U.S. Marine Helicopter Unit Lands in South Vietnam
Apr. 15, 1962 - A U.S. Marine helicopter unit landed in Vietnam today. The Marines will be based at Soc Trang, capital of Ba Xuyen...
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