Cao Văn Viên
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Cao Văn Viên was a four-star army general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He rose to the position of Chairman of the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff. Considered one
Portrait of Cao Văn Viên, Commander of the Vietnamese Armed Forces General Staff
National Order of Vietnam, Knight, awarded to Col. Viên for his actions at the Battle of Kiến Phong in 1964.
General William Westmoreland presents the Silver Star to General Cao Van Vien, May 1967
The secret U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia was accidentally revealed by Defense Minister Viên in August 1967
Trần Thiện Khiêm
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Trần Thiện Khiêm was a South Vietnamese soldier and politician, who served as a General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was born in Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indoch
Cao Văn Viên
…called an "absolute key figure" and one of "the most important Vietnamese military leaders" in the U.S.-led fighting during the Vietnam War. Along with Trần Thiện Khiêm he was one of only two four-star generals in the entire history of South Vietnam. Viên was born to Vietnamese parents in Vientiane, Laos, in December…
Khiêm in Taiwan, 1965