1960s Timeline

Defense Secretary McNamara Arrives in Saigon

President Johnson Likely to Withdraw Military Aid from South Vietnam in 1965

November Was Disastrous Month for South Vietnamese Government Forces

One Air Officer Dead, Three Missing in Vietnam

Sources in Saigon: War Against Communists Going Badly

U.S. Begins Reducing Forces in South Vietnam

South Vietnam To Slow Strategic Hamlet Program

South Vietnamese Troops Routed in Viet Cong Offensive

Viet Cong Wipe Out Two Strategic Hamlets in Northern Portion of South Vietnam

President Johnson Reaffirms U.S. Policy in South Vietnam

Viet Cong Launch Successful Raid West of Saigon

Lodge Arrives in Honolulu for Vietnam Conference

U.S. To Withdraw 1,000 Servicemen from South Vietnam in December

U.S. Considers Withdrawal of Some Troops from South Vietnam

Madame Nhu Departs U.S. for Rome

U.S. Extends Recognition to South Vietnam’s Provisional Government

Coup Planner Surfaces in Saigon

Saigon Slowly Returns to Normal in Wake of Coup

U.S. Offers to Fly Madame Nhu’s Children to Safety

New Government Forms in South Vietnam as Diem Aide is Executed