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Jun 8, 2023

South Vietnamese Government Relations with Buddhists Deteriorating

June 8, 1963 - Relations between Buddhists and the South Vietnamese Government appeared to be deteriorating quickly today. A cooling-off...

Jun 5, 2023

Vietnamese Buddhists Thought Poet Allen Ginsberg Was a Spy

June 5, 1963 - The Buddhists, who are in conflict with the South Vietnamese Government, expressed the belief today that the United States...

Jun 4, 2023

South Vietnamese Troops Use Gas on Buddhist Protestors

June 4, 1963 - Sixty-seven persons were hospitalized today in Hue, South Vietnam when Government troops used gas grenades to halt a new...

May 31, 2023

Viet Cong Gunning for Americans

May 31, 1963 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas were apparently gunning specifically for Americans when they ambushed a government patrol...

May 30, 2023

General Taylor Speaks at Arlington

May 30, 1963 - General Maxwell Taylor (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the featured Memorial Day speaker today in the...

May 30, 2023

Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia Sees Long War in Vietnam

May 30, 1963 - Southeast Asia’s most outspoken neutralist, Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, says he fears war-torn South Vietnam is...

May 29, 2023

U.S. Army Captain and Private Killed in Vietnam

May 29, 1963 - The Pentagon said today that a U.S. Army captain and a private had been killed while on a combat patrol in the central...

May 24, 2023

Red Guerrillas Strike North and South of Saigon

May 24, 1963 - Viet Cong guerrillas (pictured) struck against Government outposts and strategic hamlets north and south of Saigon today...

May 22, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

May 22, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Alabama — The President said he hoped the...

May 18, 2023

South Vietnamese President: We’ll Win War by 1966

May 18, 1963 - President Ngo Dinh Diem (pictured center) of South Vietnam, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, forecast victory...

May 18, 2023

South Vietnamese Forces Press Action against Communist Viet Cong

May 18, 1963 - South Vietnamese forces scoured the Cambodian border along the Plain of Reeds today and killed at least 40 Communist...

May 15, 2023

Buddhist Leaders Meet with Diem in Saigon

May 15, 1963 - Buddhist leaders in South Vietnam called on President Ngo Dinh Diem (pictured) today in Saigon with a list of demands...

May 11, 2023

Air Force Sergeant Killed in Vietnam

May 11, 1963 - The Defense Department identified today a medical technician who was fatally injured in South Vietnam when Communist...

May 9, 2023

Vietnamese Riot Police Break Up Buddhist Demonstration; 5 Children, 2 Others Killed

May 9, 1963 - Seven South Vietnamese persons, including five children, were killed today when riot police and troops broke up a...

May 6, 2023

U.S. Army Lieutenant Killed in Viet Cong Ambush

May 6, 1963 - Communist guerrillas ambushed a U.S. Army lieutenant near Saigon today and killed him and two South Vietnamese companions,...

May 4, 2023

U.S. Correspondents Restricted in Vietnam

May 4, 1963 - A potentially explosive document in the hands of a House subcommittee is reported to lay down Administration guidelines for...

May 2, 2023

President Kennedy Meets with Medal of Honor Winners

May 2, 1963 - President Kennedy paid tribute at the White House today to 240 holders of the Medal of Honor, men whom he called “our most...

Apr 29, 2023

Seven Americans Injured in Vietnam

Apr. 29, 1963 - Seven American military advisers were injured in South Vietnam today — two in a grenade incident and five when Communists...

Apr 23, 2023

Viet Cong Overrun Two Strategic Hamlets in Major Victory

Apr. 23, 1963 - Military sources said today that well-armed Viet Cong guerrillas (pictured) overran two strategic hamlets and routed two...

Apr 18, 2023

Viet Cong Strike Hard at Quang Ngai

Apr. 18, 1963 - In one of the boldest strokes of their long campaign of subversion in South Vietnam, Communist Viet Cong guerrillas...