On 27 February 1962, the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam, was bombed by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Q
Independence Palace before the bombing
An A-1 Skyraider of the Vietnamese air force similar to the one used in the attack
Ngo Dinh Diem 25 November 1954
Saigon Governor's Palace
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The Saigon Governor's Palace, also known as the Norodom Palace after the nearby street, which was named after the Norodom of Cambodia, was a government building in Saigon, French Cochinchina, built be
1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
…On 27 February 1962, the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam, was bombed by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm…
The Governor's Palace in Saigon, 1873
The palace in 1896
The palace being lit up in the evening in 1922