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25 Dec 65 |
The second unilateral pause in the bombing of North Vietnam
occurs. It lasts for 37 days while the U.S. attempts to pressure North
Vietnam into a negotiated peace. However, the North Vietnamese denounce
the bombing halt as a "trick" and continue Viet Cong terrorist activities
in the South.
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26 Dec 65
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A Mostly Silent Night As Truce Calms Viet 1st Time in 5 Years | ||||||||
26 Dec 65
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Yule in Vietnam - Will The VC Hit? | ||||||||
26 Dec 65
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2,000 Hear Cardinal in Silent War Zone | ||||||||
31 Dec 65 |
U.S. troop levels in Vietnam reached 184,300. An estimated
90,000 South Vietnamese soldiers deserted in 1965, while an estimated
35,000 soldiers from North Vietnam infiltrated the South via the Ho Chi
Minh trail. Up to 50 percent of the countryside in South Vietnam is now
under some degree of Viet Cong control.
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31 Dec 65 |
General William Westmoreland is chosen as Time Magazine's
1965's 'Man of the Year.'
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12 Jan 66 |
During his State of the Union address before Congress,
President Johnson comments that the war in Vietnam is unlike America's
previous wars, "Yet, finally, war is always the same. It is young men
dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that
you do not even know well enough to hate...therefore, to know war is to
know that there is still madness in this world."
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22 Jan 66
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Hanoi Avoids Peace in Hope U.S. Will Quit, Johnson Says | ||||||||
22 Jan 66
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Calm Reigns in Battle-Torn Vietnam | ||||||||
22 Jan 66
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F-105 Rams Thai Village | ||||||||
22 Jan 66
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VC Shatter Truce | ||||||||
23 Jan 66
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Hotter Red Action End of Holiday Unlikely, Rusk Says | ||||||||
23 Jan 66
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VC Bomb U.S. Billet, Killed NCO | ||||||||
23 Jan 66
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Firecrackers Spark 'Battle' in Saigon | ||||||||
28 Jan 66 |
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) begins Operation Masher
on the Bong Son Plains, the first large search and destroy operation of
the war. President Johnson orders the name of the 42-day operation changed
to "White Wing" to avoid adverse U.S. public opinion. The operation
lasts until 6 March 66.
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31 Jan 66 |
Citing Hanoi's failure to respond to his peace overtures
during the 37 day bombing pause, President Johnson announces bombing of
North Vietnam will resume.
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31 Jan 66 |
Senator Robert F. Kennedy criticizes President Johnson's
decision to resume the bombing, stating that the U.S. may be headed "on
a road from which there is no turning back, a road that leads to catastrophe
for all mankind." His comments infuriate the President.
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Feb 66 |
The largely antiwar Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
chaired by Sen. J. William Fulbright, holds televised hearings examining
America's policy in Vietnam.
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2 Feb 66
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U.S. Bombs North, Ends 37-Day Lull | ||||||||
2 Feb 66
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L.B.J. Calls on U.N. to Seek Peace | ||||||||
2 Feb 66
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Jelly Bean Bandit Hits | ||||||||
2 Feb 66
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Peronists Win in A Landslide | ||||||||
3 Feb 66 |
Newspaper columnist Walter Lippmann lambastes President
Johnson's strategy in Vietnam.
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6-9 Feb 66 |
President Johnson and South Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen
Cao Ky meet in Honolulu.
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7 Feb 66
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Fresh Troops Pour in - Allies in Largest Push to Date | ||||||||
7 Feb 66
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Warships Collide Off Viet | ||||||||
7 Feb 66
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Luna-9's Signals Hint Moon Blast-Off Try | ||||||||
1 Mar 66 |
Sen. Wayne Morse moves to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
but fails in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 92 to 5.
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4 Mar 66
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U.S. Hiking Viet Troops By 20,000 | ||||||||
4 Mar 66
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N-Bombs 'Burst', U.S. Says | ||||||||
6 Mar 66 |
The 1st Cav's Operation Masher (White Wing) ends with
1,342 confirmed enemy dead. U.S. losses are 228 KIA and 788 WIA.
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9 Mar 66 |
The U.S. reveals that 20,000 acres of food crops have
been destroyed in suspected Viet Cong villages. The admission generates
harsh criticism from the American academic community.
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10 Mar 66 |
South Vietnamese Buddhists begin a campaign to oust Prime
Minister Ky following his dismissal of a top Buddhist general. This marks
the beginning of extreme unrest in Saigon, Danang and Hue as political
squabbling spills out into the streets and interferes with U.S. military
operations.
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11 Mar 66
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Lone Survivor Radios - Reds Overrun 312-Man Camp | ||||||||
11 Mar 66
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Paris Snubs Any Reform of N.A.T.O. | ||||||||
22 May 66
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Ky Planes Hit Danang Rebels; Police Battle Mobs in Saigon | ||||||||
22 May 66
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2d Heart-Implant Patient Dies | ||||||||
22 May 66
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Israel to Buy U.S. Planes | ||||||||
26 Mar 66 |
Anti-war protests are held in New York, Washington, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco.
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28 Mar 66
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Marines in 1st Delta Assault to Protect Shipping | ||||||||
28 Mar 66
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Anti-Viet Marchers Heckled | ||||||||
28 Mar 66
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Crippled Vet Must Return $78 | ||||||||
1 Apr 66
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Koufax And Drysdale End Holdout | ||||||||
1 Apr 66
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Cav. Unit Mauled; Five Copters Downed | ||||||||
1 Apr 66
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Chutist Dragged 7 Minutes | ||||||||
7 Apr 66
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Danang Clash Averted; U.S. Pulls Out Advisers | ||||||||
7 Apr 66
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No Show at Latin Quarter - Chorus Girl Strike Shakes Up Broadway | ||||||||
12 Apr 66 |
The U.S. uses B-52 bombers for the first time against
North Vietnam. Each B-52 carried up to 100 bombs at an altitude of about
six miles. Target selections, closely supervised by the White House, fall
into six target categories; power facilities, war support facilities,
transportation lines, military complexes, fuel storage, and air defense
installations.
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13 Apr 66 |
Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport in Saigon causing
140 casualties while destroying 12 U.S. helicopters and nine aircraft.
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14 Apr 66
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VC Hit Saigon A.B., 7 Killed 155 Hurt | ||||||||
14 Apr 66
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1st Infantry Division Unit Hit Hard By Viet Cong Near Saigon | ||||||||
14 Apr 66
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Voiceprint Admitted As Evidence in N.Y. | ||||||||
2 May 66 |
Secretary of Defense McNamara privately reports the North
Vietnamese are infiltrating 4500 men per month into the South
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14 May 66 |
Political unrest intensifies as South Vietnamese troops
loyal to Prime Minister Ky overrun renegade South Vietnamese Buddhist
troops in Danang. Ky's troops then move on to Hue to oust renegades there.
Ky's actions result in a new series of immolations by Buddhist monks and
nuns as an act of protest against his Saigon regime and its American backers.
Buddhist leader Tri Quang blames President Johnson personally for the
situation. Johnson responds by labeling the immolations as "tragic and
unnecessary."
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4 Jun 66 |
6,400 teachers and professors sign a three-page anti-war
advertisement in the New York Times.
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25 Jun 66 |
Political unrest in South Vietnam abates following the
crackdown on Buddhist rebels by Prime Minister Ky, including the arrest
of Buddhist leader Tri Quang. Ky now appeals for calm.
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29 Jun 66 |
Citing increased infiltration of Communist guerrillas
from North Vietnam into the South, the U.S. bombs oil depots around Hanoi
and Haiphong, ending a self-imposed moratorium. The U.S. avoids targeting
Hanoi itself over concerns for the reactions of North Vietnam's military
allies, China and the Soviet Union. This concern also prevents any U.S.
ground invasion of North Vietnam, despite such recommendations by a few
military planners in Washington.
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