Diem Appeals to Viet Cong to Lay Down Arms
Apr. 16, 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (center) broadcast an impassioned appeal to Communist Viet Cong guerrillas today...
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Apr 10, 2023
Madame Nhu Warns Vietnamese Women About Foreigners
Apr. 10, 1963 - Saigon’s first lady, Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, has warned South Vietnamese women against being corrupted by foreigners and has...
Apr 10, 2023
Nine Viet Cong Slain in Operation, HU-1B Helicopters Critical to Success
Apr. 10, 1963 - Airborne troops of one of South Vietnam’s finest companies pursued Communist guerrillas yesterday and today in the Mekong...
Mar 28, 2023
Three American Generals Face Communist Fire in South Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1963 - Three American generals came under Communist fire yesterday during a battle in the Mekong River delta 175 miles south of...
Mar 24, 2023
South Vietnamese Government Rebuts Sen. Mansfield’s Report
Mar. 24, 1963 - The South Vietnamese Government today denounced as an unfounded insult a report of a bipartisan U.S. Senate group headed...
Mar 17, 2023
South Vietnamese Offensive Fails
Mar. 17, 1963 - Another major South Vietnamese Government offensive was described today as a costly failure by U.S. military observers....
Mar 10, 2023
Defense Dept. Denies Use of Poison Gas in Vietnam
Mar. 10, 1963 - Soviet charges that the United States was using poison gas in the war in South Vietnam have been branded “wholly false.”...
Mar 9, 2023
Communists Charge U.S. With Using Poison Gas in Vietnam
Mar. 9, 1963 - Communists accused the U.S. today of using “asphyxiation gases” and “noxious chemicals” in South Vietnam, and the Soviet...
Mar 5, 2023
General Harkins Remains Optimistic on Vietnam
Mar. 5, 1963 - “This is the key year,” General Paul D. Harkins (pictured right) said in Saigon today in winding up a mostly optimistic...
Feb 28, 2023
U.S. Officials Critical of South Vietnamese Commanders
Feb. 28, 1963 - Commanders of South Vietnam’s military forces in the Mekong River delta have developed a tendency to avoid contact with...
Feb 24, 2023
Senate Panel Calls for Reassessment of Vietnam War
Feb. 24, 1963 - A Senate study group warned today that the struggle for Vietnamese independence was fast becoming an “American war” that...
Feb 22, 2023
Civilian Casualties Mount in South Vietnam
Feb. 22, 1963 - Civilian casualties in South Vietnam are being partially attributed to strikes by T-28 and B-26 planes piloted by...
Feb 20, 2023
South Vietnamese Forces Rout Reds at Xom Dinh
Feb. 20, 1963 - South Vietnamese forces, supported by rocket-firing, American-piloted planes, and helicopters, routed a battalion of...
Feb 13, 2023
Special Forces Soldiers Live in Constant Danger in Vietnam
Feb. 12, 1963 - A team of American special forces soldiers has set up a training camp at the foot of two mountains that are major...
Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Bomber Pilot To Be Recommended for Medal of Honor
Feb. 8, 1963 - A U.S. bomber pilot who gave his life in Vietnam to save his two crew members may be recommended for the Medal of Honor,...
Feb 8, 2023
Air Force Presence Growing in Vietnam
Feb. 8, 1963 - Air strike activity in South Vietnam has been increasing sharply in the past several weeks with the arrival of new...
Feb 7, 2023
Search Teams Look for Missing American Pilot in South Vietnam
Feb. 7, 1963 - Search teams combed jungles in central Vietnam today for a U.S. Air Force co-pilot missing since the crash of his...
Feb 6, 2023
Viet Cong Battalion Launches Major Ambush
Feb. 6, 1963 - A Viet Cong battalion trapped a Government force in thick mangrove forest in the Ca Mau province today and nearly wiped...
Feb 3, 2023
B-26 Crashes in South Vietnam; No Survivors
Feb. 3, 1963 - A B-26 fighter-bomber carrying two U.S. Air Force captains and a Vietnamese observer crashed while strafing Communist...
Jan 31, 2023
U.S. Army Captain Killed in Vietnam Battle
Jan. 31, 1963 - A U.S. Army captain was killed today during a running gun fight between Communist guerrillas and South Vietnamese...
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