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Dec 19, 2021

U.S. Military Takes Part in Tactical Operations in Vietnam

Dec. 19, 1961 - U.S. military men in South Vietnam were understood today to be operating in battle areas with South Vietnamese forces...

Dec 14, 2021

President Promises More Aid to South Vietnam

Dec. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy has promised more military assistance to South Vietnam in its fight against the Communists. Mr....

Dec 11, 2021

U.S. Army Helicopters Arrive in South Vietnam

Dec. 11, 1961 - Two U.S. Army helicopter companies arrived in Saigon today. The helicopters, to be flown and serviced by U.S. troops, are...

Dec 8, 2021

U.S. Urges Non-Communist Nations to Back South Vietnam

Dec. 8, 1961 - The U.S. called on non-Communist nations today to rally to the defense of South Vietnam. Warning that the Southeast Asian...

Dec 7, 2021

Communist China Supporting North Vietnam

Dec. 7, 1961 - Communist China announced in a broadcast today that it would send a military delegation to Communist North Vietnam “in the...

Dec 5, 2021

U.S. Sends Dogs of War to Vietnam

Dec. 5, 1961 - War dogs from the U.S. Army are being brought to South Vietnam to hunt Communist guerrillas in underground jungle...

Nov 16, 2021

President Kennedy's Plan for Vietnam

Nov. 16, 1961 - President Kennedy has decided on the measures that the U.S. is prepared to take to strengthen South Vietnam against...

Nov 12, 2021

Air Force Flies Reconnaissance Missions over South Vietnam

Nov. 12, 1961 - Reliable informants said today that U.S. Air Force jets were flying reconnaissance missions over South Vietnam to...

Nov 11, 2021

Viet Cong Have Bases in Cambodia

Nov. 11, 1961 - Military intelligence sources in South Vietnam estimate that 6,000 Communist troops occupy a number of bases in Cambodia....

Nov 9, 2021

Air Force Strengthens South Vietnam's Defenses against Reds

Nov. 9, 1961 - The U.S. Air Force has begun a huge supply and training program in Saigon to strengthen South Vietnam’s defenses against...

Nov 4, 2021

U.S. Pushing Reforms in South Vietnam as Conditional to Aid

Nov. 4, 1961 - Officials sources indicated today that the U.S. would press South Vietnam to undertake major economic, social, and...

Nov 3, 2021

TV: Guerrilla-Warfare Techniques Highlighted on CBS

Nov. 3, 1961 - A two-part study of guerrilla warfare techniques will be shown on “The Twentieth Century” on CBS-TV Sunday, Nov. 12 and...

Nov 3, 2021

Kennedy Opposed to Ground Troops in Vietnam

Nov. 3, 1961 - President Kennedy remains strongly opposed to the dispatch of American combat troops to South Vietnam, it was reported in...

Nov 1, 2021

Government on the Offensive in South Vietnam

Nov. 1, 1961 - More than 500 Vietnamese Communist guerrillas are reported to have been killed in clashes with Government forces in recent...

Oct 29, 2021

U.S. Military Advisor in South Vietnam Shot by Communist Sniper

Oct. 29, 1961 - A United States Army military adviser on a training patrol with a Vietnamese ranger platoon was shot by a Vietnamese...

Oct 26, 2021

Kennedy to South Vietnam: We'll Help You Resist Reds

Oct. 26, 1961 - President Kennedy has reassured South Vietnam of his determination to help it resist Communist attacks and preserve its...

Oct 21, 2021

General Taylor Tours Fighting Zones in South Vietnam

Oct. 21, 1961 - Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (pictured with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem) and his chief aides made an extensive air...

Oct 19, 2021

North Vietnamese Delegation Assails U.S. on Taylor Trip

Oct. 19, 1961 - The Communist North Vietnamese delegation at the Laotian conference in Geneva assailed the United States today for having...

Oct 18, 2021

President Diem Places South Vietnam in “State of Emergency”

Oct. 18, 1961 - President Ngo Dinh Diem (pictured) placed South Vietnam in a “state of emergency” today after announcing that Col. Hoang...

Oct 16, 2021

Communist Viet Cong on the Move in South Vietnam

Oct. 16, 1961 - According to reports, a Viet Cong unit of battalion strength overwhelmed a South Vietnamese civil guard garrison last...