The Phoenix, a private U.S. yacht with eight American pacifists aboard, arrives in Haiphong, North Vietnam, with $10,000 worth of medical supplies for the North Vietnamese. The trip, financed by a Quaker group in Philadelphia, was made in defiance of a U.S. ban on American travel to North Vietnam. No charges were filed against the participants and the group made a second trip to North Vietnam later.
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American pacifists arrive in Haiphong
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This Week in History, Mar 28 - Apr 3
- Mar 28, 1961
- Diem's popular support questioned
- Mar 28, 1967
- American pacifists arrive in Haiphong
- Mar 29, 1971
- Calley found guilty of My Lai murders
- Mar 29, 1973
- Last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam
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- Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon
- Mar 30, 1972
- North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue Offensive
- Mar 31, 1965
- Johnson publicly denies actions contemplated in Vietnam
- Mar 31, 1968
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- Mar 31, 1972
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