Tag Archives: Vietnam

April 3, 1967

On April 3, 1967, the US State Department reported that Hanoi and Communist Vietnam might be brainwashing American prisoners. American advertising agencies and cigarette companies immediately contacted the Viet Cong clandestinely, and offered to have a sit-down and discuss the different techniques used. When the American companies learned that the Viet Cong used physical torture … Continue reading

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April 7, 1954

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1954 President Eisenhower gave his “Domino Theory” speech. This was the theory that if one country fell to communism, the surrounding countries would follow suit like a line of dominoes and it was a major part of US foreign policy from the 1950s to the 1990s. It was because … Continue reading

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September 24, 1969

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1969 Ton Duc Thang was elected president of North Vietnam. He immediately appointed his cousins Nott Doina Thang and Wylde Thang as Ministers of Labor and Tourism.

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