JFK denies GOP claims, backs role in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1962)


Video: JFK on Feb. 14, 1962 (part 1)

(Wednesday, February 14, 1962) — President John F. Kennedy today denied Republican National Committee charges implying that the United States is virtually in a shooting war in Vietnam and not merely acting in an advisory capacity in the struggle to keep that country from being overrun by the Communists.


Video: JFK on Feb. 14, 1962 (part 2)


Video: JFK on Feb. 14, 1962 (part 3)