Thursday, November 12, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1969 - Seymour Hersh broke the story that revealed the extent of the U.S. Army's charges against 1st Lt. William L. Calley concerning the My Lai Massacre in March of 1968.

1971 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon set February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the withdrawal of 45,000 additional U.S. troops from Vietnam.


Random Vietnam War Quote

North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that. - Richard Nixon, November 3, 1969

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