Saigon, South Vietnam, December 1965: An American service member is interviewed by a CBS news team in front of the Metropole Hotel hours after a truck bomb exploded outside the building, which served ...

In 1965, the United States was widely regarded as the most powerful and prosperous nation on earth. The country was in the forefront of expanding the boundaries of democracy and free institutions ...

It was late morning on March 30, 1965. A Citroen was parked with its hood up on the street outside the CIA’s Saigon Station inside the five-story U.S Embassy compound near the Saigon River at 39 Ham ...

Below, a transcript of a parody segment filmed in Saigon by CBS correspondents Morley Safer and Murray Fromson during the Vietnam War. The never-aired footage was recently uncovered in the CBS ...

BANGKOK (AP) — They'd watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the embassy to be whisked away ...

During the Vietnam War, Da Nang was a major base for both the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. The first American combat troops landed there in 1965, and it became a hub for operations and supply.

How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam - including nearly 3 ...

They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the final U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter from the roof of the embassy to be whisked away. BANGKOK (AP ...