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Jan 30, 2023

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...

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...