Viet Cong Strike Hard at Quang Ngai
Apr. 18, 1963 - In one of the boldest strokes of their long campaign of subversion in South Vietnam, Communist Viet Cong guerrillas...
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- Apr 16, 2023
Diem Appeals to Viet Cong to Lay Down Arms
Apr. 16, 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (center) broadcast an impassioned appeal to Communist Viet Cong guerrillas today...
- Apr 10, 2023
Madame Nhu Warns Vietnamese Women About Foreigners
Apr. 10, 1963 - Saigon’s first lady, Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, has warned South Vietnamese women against being corrupted by foreigners and has...
- Apr 10, 2023
Nine Viet Cong Slain in Operation, HU-1B Helicopters Critical to Success
Apr. 10, 1963 - Airborne troops of one of South Vietnam’s finest companies pursued Communist guerrillas yesterday and today in the Mekong...
- Mar 28, 2023
Three American Generals Face Communist Fire in South Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1963 - Three American generals came under Communist fire yesterday during a battle in the Mekong River delta 175 miles south of...
- Mar 24, 2023
South Vietnamese Government Rebuts Sen. Mansfield’s Report
Mar. 24, 1963 - The South Vietnamese Government today denounced as an unfounded insult a report of a bipartisan U.S. Senate group headed...
- Mar 17, 2023
South Vietnamese Offensive Fails
Mar. 17, 1963 - Another major South Vietnamese Government offensive was described today as a costly failure by U.S. military observers....
- Mar 10, 2023
Defense Dept. Denies Use of Poison Gas in Vietnam
Mar. 10, 1963 - Soviet charges that the United States was using poison gas in the war in South Vietnam have been branded “wholly false.”...
- Mar 9, 2023
Communists Charge U.S. With Using Poison Gas in Vietnam
Mar. 9, 1963 - Communists accused the U.S. today of using “asphyxiation gases” and “noxious chemicals” in South Vietnam, and the Soviet...
- Mar 5, 2023
General Harkins Remains Optimistic on Vietnam
Mar. 5, 1963 - “This is the key year,” General Paul D. Harkins (pictured right) said in Saigon today in winding up a mostly optimistic...
- Feb 28, 2023
U.S. Officials Critical of South Vietnamese Commanders
Feb. 28, 1963 - Commanders of South Vietnam’s military forces in the Mekong River delta have developed a tendency to avoid contact with...
- Feb 24, 2023
Senate Panel Calls for Reassessment of Vietnam War
Feb. 24, 1963 - A Senate study group warned today that the struggle for Vietnamese independence was fast becoming an “American war” that...
- Feb 22, 2023
Civilian Casualties Mount in South Vietnam
Feb. 22, 1963 - Civilian casualties in South Vietnam are being partially attributed to strikes by T-28 and B-26 planes piloted by...
- Feb 20, 2023
South Vietnamese Forces Rout Reds at Xom Dinh
Feb. 20, 1963 - South Vietnamese forces, supported by rocket-firing, American-piloted planes, and helicopters, routed a battalion of...
- Feb 13, 2023
Special Forces Soldiers Live in Constant Danger in Vietnam
Feb. 12, 1963 - A team of American special forces soldiers has set up a training camp at the foot of two mountains that are major...
- Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Bomber Pilot To Be Recommended for Medal of Honor
Feb. 8, 1963 - A U.S. bomber pilot who gave his life in Vietnam to save his two crew members may be recommended for the Medal of Honor,...
- Feb 8, 2023
Air Force Presence Growing in Vietnam
Feb. 8, 1963 - Air strike activity in South Vietnam has been increasing sharply in the past several weeks with the arrival of new...
- Feb 7, 2023
Search Teams Look for Missing American Pilot in South Vietnam
Feb. 7, 1963 - Search teams combed jungles in central Vietnam today for a U.S. Air Force co-pilot missing since the crash of his...
- Feb 6, 2023
Viet Cong Battalion Launches Major Ambush
Feb. 6, 1963 - A Viet Cong battalion trapped a Government force in thick mangrove forest in the Ca Mau province today and nearly wiped...
- Feb 3, 2023
B-26 Crashes in South Vietnam; No Survivors
Feb. 3, 1963 - A B-26 fighter-bomber carrying two U.S. Air Force captains and a Vietnamese observer crashed while strafing Communist...
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