Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues
Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...
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- Mar 29, 2022
2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week
Mar. 29, 1962 - Approximately 2,000 people a week are leaving Cuba. All commercial planes bound for Miami, Mexico City and Kingston,...
- Mar 29, 2022
Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners
Mar. 29, 1962 - The Castro Government put 1,182 prisoners on trial today behind closed doors at Principe Prison, in Havana’s suburbs. The...
- Mar 28, 2022
General Lemnitzer Visits Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1962 - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, flew to the village of Binh Hung in South Vietnam...
- Mar 26, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops Try to "Pacify" Villages North of Saigon
Mar. 26, 1962 - A comprehensive plan to pacify South Vietnam has started modestly in the forests north of Saigon. Last Thursday,...
- Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Supports Irregular Army in Vietnam
Mar. 24, 1962 - The United States is quietly supporting an irregular army called the Sea Swallows, left by an expatriate Chinese Roman...
- Mar 23, 2022
Correspondents in Saigon Frustrated
Mar. 23, 1962 - One of the battles being fought in South Vietnam involves the problem of finding out what is going on and reporting it to...
- Mar 22, 2022
U.S. Officials: Tide May Be Turning in Vietnam
Mar. 22, 1962 - United States authorities are cautiously optimistic that the tide may soon start turning against the Communists in South...
- Mar 17, 2022
Soviets: U.S. Fighting "Undeclared War" in Vietnam
Mar. 17, 1962 - The Soviet Union accused the U.S. today of fighting an “undeclared war” in South Vietnam and demanded the immediate...
- Mar 17, 2022
U.S. Army Helicopters Pursue Viet Cong Close to Cambodian Border
Mar. 17, 1962 - United States Army helicopters flew within a half-mile of the Cambodian frontier Thursday to land Vietnamese troops. This...
- Mar 15, 2022
Plane Carrying 93 U.S. Soldiers Disappears in Pacific
Mar. 15, 1962 - A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation carrying 107 persons, including 93 U.S. soldiers, disappeared during a night...
- Mar 15, 2022
McNamara: U.S. Personnel in Vietnam Return Fire from Viet Cong
Mar. 15, 1962 - Asked today about the United States’ huge military training program in South Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S....
- Mar 14, 2022
Cubans Smuggle Red Chinese Opium into U.S.
Mar. 14, 1962 - Communist Cuba is attempting to demoralize this country and obtain vital U.S. dollars by smuggling opium from Red China...
- Mar 14, 2022
U.S. Pilots Spearhead Counterattack against Viet Cong
Mar. 14, 1962 - United States pilots flying American-made planes spearheaded a major counterattack last week which resulted in one of...
- Mar 14, 2022
Castro Urges "Communist Spirit" in Cuba
Mar. 14, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro urged young Cubans today to develop a more intense “Communist spirit” and declared that they would...
- Mar 12, 2022
Castro Rations Rice and Beans in Cuba
Mar. 12, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro announced today nationwide rationing of rice and beans, basic items of the Cuban diet. He also...
- Mar 11, 2022
Castro Claims Cuba Invented Baseball
Mar. 11, 1962 - Cuba has put a claim on the invention of baseball. A recent speech by Premier Fidel Castro and a subsequent editorial in...
- Mar 9, 2022
U.S. Officials: American Pilots Engaged in Combat Missions in Vietnam
Mar. 9, 1962 - U.S. officials said today that American pilots were engaged in combat missions with South Vietnamese pilots in training...
- Mar 8, 2022
Army Helicopters Carry South Vietnamese Troops in "Successful" Raid
Mar. 8, 1962 - United States Army helicopters carried a Vietnamese battalion in a successful raid against the Communist stronghold of Cai...
- Mar 7, 2022
Major Drive by South Vietnamese Troops in Mekong Delta
Mar. 7, 1962 - Five battalions of South Vietnamese troops launched a major drive today against a Communist stronghold in the Mekong Delta...
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