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Photo of Lieutenant Colonel Vuong Van Dong, 28, one of the two officers leading the coup, at a press conference.

Lt. Col. Vuong Van Dong (center) and two rebel comrades hold a press conference on Nov. 17, 1960. Dong, who had trained under famed French airborne commander Gen. Marcel Bigeard, escaped to Cambodia with the two officers shown with him here. (Historynet Archives)

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