Video: 'President Johnson's Vietnam Address, 8/4/64. MP498.'

(Tuesday, August 4, 1964, 11:34 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President Lyndon B. Johnson announced tonight that he had ordered retaliatory action against gunboats and “certain supporting facilities in North Vietnam” following renewed attacks on American destroyers in the second Gulf of Tonkin incident. Continue reading U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson orders retaliatory strikes in Gulf of Tonkin, propelling U.S. into Vietnam War 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 4 1964) →

Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Part 4 LBJ Goes to War 1964 65' (Gulf of Tonkin incident at 11:46)

(Sunday, August 2, 1964, 4:08 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats from the 135th Torpedo Squadron fired torpedoes and 37-mm. shells at the destroyer USS Maddox today as U.S. forces conducted covert amphibious operations about 30 miles off North Vietnam in became known as the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Continue reading North Vietnamese gunboats fire on USS Maddox in Gulf of Tonkin incident 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1964) →

Video: 'Nov. 2, 1963 | CBS Special Report on Vietnam: "Death of a Regime"' (aired Sunday, Nov. 3, 1963 at 10:30 EST)

(Friday, November 1, 1963, 1:30 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the 1963 South Vietnamese coup d’état, part of the Buddhist crisis of the Vietnam War) — The 1963 South Vietnamese coup d’état in which President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother and advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu were deposed by a group of CIA-backed Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with Diem’s handling of the Buddhist crisis and the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong threat to South Vietnam, began today when three marine battalions of South Vietnam initiated their seizure of communications throughout the capital city, taking control of the city’s radio stations, national and municipal police stations, and the public and Defense Ministry telecommunications centers. Continue reading 1963 South Vietnamese coup d’état begins 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1963) →

Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Cambodia and Laos [8/11]' (Aug. 15, 1973, at 41:29)

(Wednesday, August 15, 1973, 10:45 a.m. local time; during Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Cambodian Civil War, the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia) — The American bombing of Cambodia halted this morning after a final round of U.S. Air Force bombardment of suspected Khmer Rouge guerrilla enclaves. Continue reading U.S. halts bombing of Cambodia, concluding 12 years of American combat in Southeast Asia 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1973) →

Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-3) America's Mandarin (1954-1963)' (Buddhist Crisis at 33:53)

(Tuesday, June 11, 1963, 9:22 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Buddhist crisis, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnamese Buddhist monk  Thich Quang Duc, 65, committed suicide by self-immolation, burning himself to death today at a major intersection in Saigon to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who belonged to the Catholic minority and was supported by the United States. Continue reading Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself to death at major intersection in Saigon to protest persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnamese government 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1963) →

Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-12) The End of the Tunnel' (Apr. 2-3, 1973, at 7:41-8:52)

(Tuesday, April 3, 1973, 12:53 p.m. PST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu threatened “vigorous reactions” against communist cease-fire violations today as Nixon promised substantial postwar economic aid for South Vietnam. Continue reading Nixon and Thieu threaten ‘vigorous reactions’ against North Vietnamese cease-fire violations 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 3 1973) →