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Nguyn Chnh Thi (19232007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Th
i joined the French Army at 17 and was captured by the Japanese after they invad
ed French Indochina during World War II. In 1960 he led the Vietnamese Airborne
Division in an unsuccessful coup against Prime Minister Ng nh Dim, citing political
interference in the military. After Dim's assassination in 1963, he became the de
puty commander of I Corps under Nguyn Khnh and helped him overthrow Dim's opponents
in 1964. Thi was in several juntas that ruled South Vietnam for the next two ye
ars. In February 1965, he helped to defeat a coup attempt and to force Khnh's res
ignation at the same time. In June Thi declined an opportunity to serve as prime
minister after being nominated by his fellow officers; he wanted to let a rival
take the job and then step in after they failed, but he never got the chance. A
fter the Buddhist Uprising of 1966, Prime Minister Nguyn Cao K had him exiled to t
he United States. Thi's ouster was supported by the American leadership, who bac
ked K's pro-U.S. regime. (Full article...)
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