Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 5' (May 2, 1964, at 13:07)

(Saturday, May 2, 1964, 3:00 a.m. local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The USS Card was mined by sappers of a Viet Cong underwater demolition team this morning while docked in the heavily defended Saigon Harbor, then capitol of South Vietnam. Five civilian crew members were killed by the explosions