Nguyễn Văn Nhung was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. After joining the French Army in 1944 during the colonial era of Vietnam, he soon met and became the aide-de-camp and bodyguard
Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured) shaking hands with United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The corpse of Ngô Đình Diệm in the back of an armoured personnel carrier
Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination du
Nguyễn Văn Nhung
…soft-spoken man, Nhung was a professional military assassin best known for his role in the November 1963 coup d'état led by Minh that ousted President Ngô Đình Diệm from office. At the end of the coup, Nhung - having shot Colonel Lê Quang Tung, the loyalist commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special…
A photo of 4 year old Diệm (third from right) with his family in 1905 or 1906. His father Ngô Đình Khả stands in the centre.
Portrait of emperor Bảo Đại
The five high-ranking mandarins (Thượng thư) of the Nguyễn dynasty during the reign of Emperor Bảo Đại (from left to right): Hồ Đắc Khải, Phạm Quỳnh, Thái Văn Toản, Ngô Đình Diệm, and Bùi Bằng Đoàn.