Friday, July 31, 2026

Today in
Vietnam War History

1964 - In a news conference, Secretary of State Dean Rusk admitted differences between the U.S. and South Vietnam on extending the war into North Vietnam, but that the two agreed on the general conduct of the war.

1972 - The North Vietnamese claimed that since April there had been 173 raids on dikes in North Vietnam.


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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