Retired U.S. Army Officer Doubts South Vietnamese Want to Defeat Communists
Aug. 30, 1963 - A U.S. Army officer who retired recently after more than a year’s service in South Vietnam said today he doubted whether...
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Aug 28, 2023
U.S.: Diem’s Brother and Sister-In-Law Must Go
Aug. 28, 1963 - The United States has decided that South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem (right) must get rid of his powerful brother...
Aug 28, 2023
First Silver Star Medal To Be Awarded for Heroism in Vietnam Action
Aug. 28, 1963 - Mrs. Kenneth N. Good of San Marino, Calif., the widow of an Army captain killed Jan. 2, will be presented the first...
Aug 25, 2023
New Buddhist Crackdown in Saigon
Aug. 25, 1963 - At least 600 students were arrested today in Saigon by bayonet-brandishing troops and steel-helmeted policemen moving to...
Aug 24, 2023
Three American Newsmen Arrested in South Vietnam
Aug. 24, 1963 - South Vietnamese soldiers arrested two American photographers and a newsman today with a shout of “to hell with...
Aug 24, 2023
President Diem’s Brother Defends Buddhist Crackdown
Aug. 24, 1963 - Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), who is reputed to be the mastermind of the South Vietnamese Government’s moves against...
Aug 22, 2023
U.S. Advisers Express Shock and Dismay at Diem Regime’s Buddhist Crackdown
Aug. 22, 1963 - Some of the U.S. military advisers helping President Ngo Dinh Diem in his war against Communist guerrillas in South...
Aug 22, 2023
Madame Nhu’s Father Resigns Ambassadorship in Protest
Aug. 22, 1963 - Tran Van Chuong, South Vietnam’s once-influential Ambassador to the U.S., resigned today in angry protest against his...
Aug 21, 2023
🚨South Vietnamese Troops and Police Violently Crack Down on Buddhists
Aug. 21, 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s troops and police shot their way into Saigon’s main Buddhist pagoda today and...
Aug 18, 2023
North Vietnamese Communists Hit New U.S. Ambassador
Aug. 18, 1963 - Communist North Vietnam’s official newspaper today described Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured), the new U.S. Ambassador to...
Aug 18, 2023
Massive Buddhist Demonstration in Saigon
Aug. 18, 1963 - About 15,000 Buddhists, most of them young people, crowded around Xa Loi Pagoda in Saigon today and pledged to fast in...
Aug 16, 2023
First Lieutenant Killed in Vietnam
Aug. 16, 1963 - Mrs. Susan Bedal of Burbank, Calif., received notification today from the Air Force in Washington of the death of her...
Aug 15, 2023
Another Buddhist Self-Immolation in South Vietnam
Aug. 15, 1963 - A 71-year-old monk burned himself to death in Hue’s biggest pagoda early today, the second Buddhist protest suicide in 24...
Aug 15, 2023
President Kennedy and Ambassador Lodge Hold Press Conference
Aug. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy held a final conference today with his new Ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, who leaves...
Aug 13, 2023
Buddhist Student Monk Burns Himself to Death in South Vietnam
Aug. 13, 1963 - A 17-year-old Buddhist student monk burned himself to death today. It was the third Buddhist self-immolation since South...
Aug 11, 2023
Lodge Optimistic on Vietnam
Aug. 11, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured with President Kennedy in 1961), who will take up his new post as U.S. Ambassador to South...
Aug 9, 2023
Tragedy Marks Departure of U.S. Ambassador Nolting from Saigon
Aug. 9, 1963 - Tragedy today stalked ceremonies in South Vietnam which had been intended to send retiring U.S. Ambassador Frederick...
Aug 3, 2023
Madame Nhu Assails Buddhists
Aug. 3, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister-in-law of South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem, accused Buddhist leaders today of treason,...
Jul 25, 2023
U.S. Helicopter Pilots Take Full Combat Role in Vietnam
July 25, 1963 - American armed helicopter pilots in South Vietnam have started taking a full combat role in the war against Communist...
Jul 23, 2023
Armed Helicopters Playing Major Role in Vietnam Fighting
July 23, 1963 - Armed U.S. helicopters inflicted heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla unit after it attacked two companies of South...
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