Admiral Felt: Vietnam War Will Be Won by 1966
Jan. 30, 1963 - Admiral Harry D. Felt, Pacific commander, predicted today that the American-backed Government of South Vietnam would win...
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Jan 27, 2023
Opposition to South Vietnamese President Diem Rising
Jan. 27, 1963 - Political opponents of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (left) hurled two grenades containing hundreds of...
Jan 25, 2023
Gen. Wheeler Praises American Fighting Men in Vietnam
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, 2023
Five Army Aviators Decorated for Service in South Vietnam
Jan. 24, 1963 - Five army aviators were decorated at a Pentagon ceremony today for heroism while flying helicopters in combat zones in...
Jan 20, 2023
Viet Cong: U.S. Is No. 1 Enemy
Jan. 20, 1963 - Communist guerrillas trying to subvert South Vietnam admit to having underestimated the depth of U.S. intentions,...
Jan 19, 2023
Lack of Communication Between Vietnamese and American Advisers Blamed for Losses
Jan. 19, 1963 - Vietnamese field commanders are being told to be more receptive to recommendations of American advisers, sources said...
Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Learning Hard Lessons about Helicopters in Vietnam
Jan. 18, 1963 - The crash of an H-21 transport helicopter killing seven Americans aboard, including five pilots, has underlined a hard...
Jan 11, 2023
Admiral Felt Says Victory in Vietnam “Inevitable”
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, 2023
Gen. Harkins Defends South Vietnamese Troops
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, 2023
U.S. To Step Up Commando Operations in Vietnam
Jan. 8, 1963 - The success of commando operations in South Vietnam has prompted the Air Force to increase its air commando training...
Jan 7, 2023
Casualties Mount in Vietnam War
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, 2023
U.S. Military Advisers Criticize Vietnamese Infantrymen
Jan. 6, 1963 - Angry U.S. military advisers charged today that South Vietnamese infantrymen refused direct orders to advance during...
Jan 5, 2023
Bodies of Three Slain G.I.s Shipped Home
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, 2023
U.S. Officials Study Failures at Battle of Ap Bac in South Vietnam
Jan. 5, 1963 - U.S. and Vietnamese officers today considered possible changes in tactics to eliminate mistakes that showed up in the...
Jan 3, 2023
White House Orders Report on Helicopter Losses in Vietnam
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, 2023
Viet Cong Stand and Fight at Ap Bac in South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Jan. 3, 1963 - Communist guerrillas stood their ground and inflicted major damage on a substantially larger force of South Vietnamese...
Jan 3, 2023
Three Americans Including Army Captain Slain in Vietnam
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, 2023
U.S. and South Vietnamese Suffer Major Setback in Mekong Delta
Jan. 2, 1963 - Communist guerrillas armed with automatic weapons inflicted a major defeat today on U.S. helicopters carrying troops into...
Dec 24, 2022
Viet Cong Reds Release American Prisoner
Dec. 24, 1962 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas today freed an American army sergeant held captive five months. He is Sergeant Roque S....
Dec 22, 2022
42nd American Serviceman Killed in South Vietnam
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...
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