1960s Timeline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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