Daily Archives: February 14, 2012

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