South Vietnamese Offensive Gets Positive Reviews from U.S. Advisers
July 21, 1963 - South Vietnamese Government forces inflicted heavy casualties on a well-armed Viet Cong unit in a fierce battle in the...
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Jul 20, 2023
Friendly Fire Casualties for U.S. Forces in South Vietnam
July 20, 1963 - Apparently mistaking each other for Communist guerrillas, U.S. soldiers exchanged fire in darkness at an airstrip 65...
Jul 19, 2023
Viet Cong Leader: “Victory Will Undoubtedly Be Ours”
July 19, 1963 - One of the leaders of the Communist Viet Cong warned the United States today that the guerrilla fighting in South Vietnam...
Jul 18, 2023
Three U.S. Special Forces Men Slain in Vietnam
July 18, 1963 - Three American Special Forces men were slain in a Communist ambush on “Bloody Route 13” this morning, bringing to 89 the...
Jul 17, 2023
South Vietnamese Authorities Crack Down Hard on Buddhists
July 17, 1963 - President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government cracked down hard today on Buddhist street demonstrations in a church-state struggle...
Jul 17, 2023
Widow of Vietnam Casualty Speaks Out
July 17, 1963 - United States Air Force Captain Condon H. Terry’s widow, Audrey, is proud of what he fought and died for. Terry, 30, was...
Jul 9, 2023
U.S. Ambassador Reassures South Vietnam’s President on American Support
July 9, 1963 - Ambassador Frederick Nolting Jr. (right) headed back to Saigon today, reportedly carrying assurances of President...
Jul 8, 2023
President Kennedy Holds Meeting on Vietnam Conflict
July 8, 1963 - President Kennedy conferred today with Ambassador Frederick Nolting Jr. about difficulties besetting the Government of...
Jul 8, 2023
South Vietnamese Writer Commits Suicide as Protest
July 8, 1963 - Nguyen Tuong Tam (pictured), one of South Vietnam’s most celebrated writers, committed suicide today by taking poison. Mr....
Jul 7, 2023
American Reporters Attacked by South Vietnamese Police
July 7, 1963 - About 20 South Vietnamese policemen attacked a group of nine Western reporters and photographers today who were covering...
Jul 4, 2023
Viet Cong Have Constructed Labyrinth of Tunnels
July 4, 1963 - A fantastic labyrinth of tunnels, still manned by Communist Viet Cong guerrillas, has been found by chance only 25 miles...
Jul 3, 2023
U.S. Official Numbers Viet Cong Killed in Last Year
July 3, 1963 - A U.S. Air Force spokesman said today that nearly 9,000 Communist guerrillas had been killed in South Vietnam in the last...
Jul 2, 2023
U.S. Officials in Vietnam Down on Diem
July 2, 1963 - Some U.S. officials in South Vietnam who two months ago were praising President Ngo Dinh Diem (pictured with Vice...
Jun 27, 2023
Henry Cabot Lodge To Replace Nolting as Ambassador to South Vietnam
June 27, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured with President Kennedy in December 1961), the Republican candidate for Vice President in...
Jun 24, 2023
New Army Jungle Boot to Protect G.I.’s Against Viet Cong Weapons
June 24, 1963 - A new Army jungle boot, with a stainless-steel insert in the sole, is being rushed to South Vietnam this summer to...
Jun 22, 2023
AR-15 May Replace M-14
June 22, 1963 - The AR-15 rifle (pictured) may ultimately replace the M-14 as the standard Army rifle before the M-14 itself ever becomes...
Jun 17, 2023
Viet Cong Employ Primitive but Effective Weapons
June 17, 1963 - In an era of modern weapons, U.S. forces in South Vietnam are finding primitive weapons a source of constant, dangerous...
Jun 15, 2023
Riots in Saigon
June 15, 1963 - Angry youths in a Buddhist mob clashed with the police for 45 minutes in Saigon today before tear gas routed the rioters....
Jun 13, 2023
U.S. Warns Diem on Vietnamese Buddhist Crisis
June 13, 1963 - The United States has warned President Ngo Dinh Diem (pictured) of South Vietnam that it will publicly condemn his...
Jun 11, 2023
Buddhist Monk Sets Self on Fire in Saigon
June 11, 1963 - An elderly Buddhist monk calmly put a match to his gasoline-drenched yellow robes at a main street intersection in Saigon...
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