Monday, May 11, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1961 - U.S. President Kennedy approved sending 400 Special Forces troops and 100 other U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam.

1961 - U.S. President Kennedy ordered the start of clandestine warfare against North Vietnam.

1967 - Nguyen Cao Ky announced that he would run for president of South Vietnam.

1972 - The North Vietnamese Army launched a massive infantry and armor assault on An Loc. The attack was repulsed.


Random Vietnam War Quote

If the communists are willing to lay down their weapons, abandon the communist ideology, and abandon atrocities, they could participate in elections. - South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, May 30, 1969

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