ON JUNE 19, 1972, two days after the Watergate break-in, an employee of the Safemasters Company, armed with a high-powered drill and accompanied by a Secret Service agent, rushed to Room 522 in the ...

A close up of two American soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, officially stretching from Nov. 1, 1955-April 30, 1975, was a conflict with profound international implications ...

South Viet Nam’s generals staged their coup—and the U.S. cheered it—on the theory that they could wage the war against the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas more successfully than Diem. They will have to ...

The assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, was one of the landmark moments and one of the most remembered events in 20th-century history. The assassination of President Diem of Vietnam ...

Through the moonlit streets of Saigon at 1 a.m. Thursday, armored cars, a dozen M24 light tanks, and truckloads of troops in battle gear moved cautiously into position. Paratroopers and marines ...