Monday, January 12, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1962 - The United States Air Force launched Operation Ranch Hand. The program involved spraying defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam.

1971 - The Reverend Philip F. Berrigan and five others were indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiring to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, DC. (The "Harrisburg Six")


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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