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...
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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...
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