Waving flags and beating drums, former South Vietnamese military members paused to remember Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of South Vietnam. They were joined by residents and Westminster city ...
Fifty years ago this coming All Saints’ Day, the United States government concluded its patronage of Ngo Dinh Diem by dispatching him from the presidency of South Vietnam. His removal, in a ...
Vietnam's last emperor ascended to the throne in 1932 and cooperated with the Japanese occupying Vietnam during World War II. After the war, he briefly joined ranks with Vietnamese communist leader Ho ...
Diem had ruled South Vietnam for two years after winning a referendum with 98.2 per cent of the vote, including 605,000 votes in Saigon where the electoral roll had 450,000 names. He arrived in ...
WASHINGTON —The increasing static between Kabul and the White House brings to mind other dicey episodes in American diplomacy. Even dealing with allies can be tricky. Recall de Gaulle. He was ...
ROMEROME — A Rome funeral home says Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, a controversial figure from the Vietnam war era who was first lady of the Diem regime, has died in a Rome hospital aged 86. The Gualandri ...
When he took office nine years ago, Ngo Dinh Diem told his people, “Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die!” In whatever manner and for whatever reason Diem died, it was not ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, possessed the Confucian “Mandate of Heaven,” a moral and political authority that was widely recognized by all Vietnamese ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1978, Time magazine donated ...
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