Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1965 - Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky and Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu led a coup to oust General Nguyen Khanh.

1971 - A fire-bomb attack took place on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.


Random Vietnam War Quote

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. - Richard Nixon, New York Times, March 28, 1985

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