Daily Archives: October 26, 2013

Diem reviews troops in Saigon 50 years ago today (1963)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (Oct. 26, 1963, at 45:26)

(Saturday, October 26, 1963; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem reviewed 8,000 troops and $20 million worth of arms contributed by the U.S. for the war against Communist guerrillas today in Saigon on Vietnam’s national day, knowing that a coup against him was being planned.