This Day in History : [ 28 / Mar ]

American pacifists arrive in Haiphong

The Phoenix a private U.S.yacht with eight American pacifists aboard arrives in Haiphong North Vietnam with 10000 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.