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unusual facts about Duong Van Duc



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In the September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt as head of the 7th Division's armored section he supported General Dương Văn Đức's coup attempt.

September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt

At the start of September 1964, General Lam Van Phat was dismissed as Interior Minister, while General Duong Van Duc was about to be removed as IV Corps commander.

Before dawn on September 13, 1964, the ruling military junta of South Vietnam, led by General Nguyen Khanh, was threatened by a coup attempt headed by Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc, who sent dissident units into the capital Saigon.

Tran Thien Khiem

He was implicated in the organization of the September 1964 coup attempt by Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức, both also Catholics, and was sent into exile to serve as Ambassador to the United States.


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