Jul 23, 2022Secretary McNamara Cautiously Optimistic on VietnamJuly 23, 1962 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has predicted eventual victory for the West in South Vietnam. “It will take years...
Jul 20, 2022Government Forces Launch Major Attack in South VietnamJuly 20, 1962 - South Vietnamese Government forces swooped down on the Communist-controlled Plain of Reeds 60 miles west of Saigon today....
Jul 19, 2022South Vietnamese Troops Launch New Phase of WarJuly 19, 1962 - At least 1,000 Government troops were landed yesterday and Tuesday about 35 miles north of Saigon by U.S. and Vietnamese...
Jul 18, 2022Four U.S. Airmen Found Alive in South VietnamJuly 18, 1962 - Four U.S. airmen, missing since their transport plane crashed into a South Vietnamese jungle mountainside Sunday, were...