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
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, became head
Trần Thiện Khiêm
…into exile. Khiêm would return to Vietnam when the political climate among the generals was more favorable and became Prime Minister under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, resigning only in the last month before the fall of Saigon. Khiêm graduated from the Vietnamese National Military Academy in Đà Lạt on 12 July 1947…
Official portrait, 1969
Thiệu and US President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thiệu (middle) and Nguyễn Chánh Thi (left) at Danang airfield.
Thiệu (left, first row) and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (right) in national arm forces day (19 June 1966).