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Foreign Countries - Vietnam

Description

Approx. 60 items: copies, tear sheets and reprints of LAT news stories and editorials on the Vietnam conflict. They trace the evolution of U.S. involvement from a scattering of advisors in the early 1960s, through the negotiations, to the pullout of the mid 1970s. A sampling of headlines: 12/18/1961, "The deepening war in Vietnam"; 2/20/1966, "Vietnam... a complicated crisis"; 6/7/1970, "Get out of Vietnam NOW."

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1961 - 1974
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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