1960s Timeline

Jan. 30, 1963 - Admiral Harry D. Felt, Pacific commander, predicted today that the American-backed Government of South Vietnam would win...

Jan. 27, 1963 - Political opponents of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (left) hurled two grenades containing hundreds of...

Jan. 25, 1963 - General Earle G. Wheeler (pictured left), U.S. Army chief of staff, praised American fighting men in Vietnam today for...

Jan. 24, 1963 - Five army aviators were decorated at a Pentagon ceremony today for heroism while flying helicopters in combat zones in...

Jan. 20, 1963 - Communist guerrillas trying to subvert South Vietnam admit to having underestimated the depth of U.S. intentions,...

Jan. 19, 1963 - Vietnamese field commanders are being told to be more receptive to recommendations of American advisers, sources said...

Jan. 18, 1963 - The crash of an H-21 transport helicopter killing seven Americans aboard, including five pilots, has underlined a hard...

Jan. 11, 1963 - Admiral Harry D. Felt, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, declared today that Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam...

Jan. 10, 1963 - Gen. Paul D. Harkins (right), commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, issued a strong statement today defending the courage...

Jan. 8, 1963 - The success of commando operations in South Vietnam has prompted the Air Force to increase its air commando training...

Jan. 7, 1963 - A rising tide of South Vietnamese casualties indicates that the long guerrilla war has entered a new phase of large-scale...

Jan. 6, 1963 - Angry U.S. military advisers charged today that South Vietnamese infantrymen refused direct orders to advance during...

Jan. 5, 1963 - The bodies of three American dead from the Battle of Ap Bac in South Vietnam were on their way home today. They were...

Jan. 5, 1963 - U.S. and Vietnamese officers today considered possible changes in tactics to eliminate mistakes that showed up in the...

Jan. 3, 1963 - The White House has ordered a full report on U.S. helicopter losses in South Vietnam. The demand went to the Defense...

Jan. 3, 1963 - Communist guerrillas stood their ground and inflicted major damage on a substantially larger force of South Vietnamese...

Jan. 3, 1963 - Army Captain Kenneth Newall Good, 32, a military adviser to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government, was one of...

Jan. 2, 1963 - Communist guerrillas armed with automatic weapons inflicted a major defeat today on U.S. helicopters carrying troops into...

Dec. 24, 1962 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas today freed an American army sergeant held captive five months. He is Sergeant Roque S....

Dec. 22, 1962 - A U.S. Army helicopter pilot was killed by Communist ground fire in South Vietnam today while flying a mission 240 miles...