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Mar 30

Senator Morse Hits LBJ on Vietnam War

Mar. 30, 1964 - Senator Wayne Morse, Democrat of Oregon, said today that the Johnson Administration “must be repudiated” unless it...

Mar 28

Diem Official Sentenced to Death in Vietnam

Mar. 28, 1964 - A top intelligence officer was sentence today to death for crimes he committed while he served the regime of the late...

Mar 27

New Survival Kit for Special Forces in Vietnam

Mar. 27, 1964 - Army Special Forces troopers bound for South Vietnam are being given a one-pound survival kit to enable them to evade the...

Mar 27

Two U.S. Airmen Missing in Vietnam

Mar. 27, 1964 - Two American airmen were reported missing today on a reconnaissance flight over South Vietnam. A third United States...

Mar 26

U.S. To Boost Effort in Vietnam

Mar. 26, 1964 - The Johnson Administration forcefully rejected today “withdrawal,” “neutralization,” or “peace at any price,” in the war...

Mar 25

LBJ Launches Vietnam PR Campaign

Mar. 25, 1964 - The Johnson Administration has opened a campaign to help break through bureaucratic, industrial, and shipping bottlenecks...

Mar 18

Goldwater Winds Up Northern California Tour

Mar. 18, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater, castigating President Johnson and calling for victory in South Vietnam, wound up a successful...

Mar 15

Six Americans Killed in Vietnam

Mar. 15, 1964 - Communist ground fire downed a U.S. helicopter and a spotter plane in separate actions in South Vietnam this weekend. Six...

Mar 13

Goldwater Wants Answers on Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater suggested today that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge should report to a joint session of Congress on...

Mar 13

McNamara Seeks Increased U.S. Operations in South Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recommended to President Johnson today a program of increased operations against the...

Mar 9

McNamara Barnstorms South Vietnamese Countryside

Mar. 9, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (left) barnstormed the South Vietnamese countryside today to dramatize America’s...

Mar 7

[AUDIO] LBJ Press Conference — Vietnam

Mar. 7, 1964 - President Johnson said today that U.S. troops would be moved to and from South Vietnam depending on the need for them in...

Mar 5

McNamara Headed to Saigon Again

Mar. 5, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, seeking to emphasize U.S. intentions to stand firm in South Vietnam, said today he will...

Mar 3

Viet Cong Steps Up Attacks

Mar. 3, 1964 - Communist gunfire ripped into two South Vietnamese airborne battalions stalking Viet Cong guerrillas near the Cambodian...

Dec 31, 2023

President Johnson Assures Vietnam of “Fullest Measure of Support”

Dec. 31, 1963 - President Johnson assured South Vietnam today that the U.S. would continue to offer that country “the fullest measure of...

Dec 27, 2023

Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam

Dec. 27, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev predicted today that the U.S. would be expelled from South Vietnam with “even less ceremony” than were...

Dec 24, 2023

G.I.s Celebrate Christmas in Vietnam

Dec. 24, 1963 - American fighting men in South Vietnam today took time out from the war against the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas to...

Dec 21, 2023

McNamara Returns from Vietnam, Reports to President Johnson

Dec. 21, 1963 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara returned from South Vietnam today and gave President Johnson a sober report about...

Dec 20, 2023

McNamara “Optimistic Over Progress To Be Made” in Vietnam

Dec. 20, 1963 - Revamped battle plans led Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to express hope today for tough campaigning by South...

Dec 19, 2023

Defense Secretary McNamara Arrives in Saigon

Dec. 19, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara arrived in Saigon today and plunged immediately into an analysis of the state of...