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1965 U.S. Embassy bombing in Saigon...
1965 U.S. Embassy bombing in Saigon...
Item # 722706
March 30, 1965
LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass., March 30, 1965
* U.S. Embassy bombing
* Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City
* Vietnam War - conflict
The front page has a banner headline: "Bombing To Bring Retaliation" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 10 pages, some tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition.
background: The 1965 U.S. Embassy bombing in Vietnam occurred on March 30, 1965, when a powerful car bomb detonated outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) during the early evening rush hour. The attack was carried out by Viet Cong operatives, who parked an explosive-laden vehicle near the embassy’s Brinks Hotel annex, used by U.S. military personnel. The blast killed more than twenty people—mostly Vietnamese civilians but including two Americans—and wounded well over one hundred others, shattering windows across several city blocks and severely damaging the embassy compound. The bombing marked a dramatic escalation in the conflict, underscoring the vulnerability of American targets in South Vietnam and reinforcing Washington’s perception that the war was entering a more dangerous phase. Coming just weeks after the first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam, the attack helped strengthen U.S. resolve to expand military involvement and intensified security measures at American installations throughout the country.
Category: The 20th Century
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