Waving flags and beating drums, former South Vietnamese military members paused to remember Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of South Vietnam. They were joined by residents and Westminster city ...

WASHINGTON —The increasing static between Kabul and the White House brings to mind other dicey episodes in American diplomacy. Even dealing with allies can be tricky. Recall de Gaulle. He was ...

For the first time, Catholics and others attended a memorial service for the president murdered on 2 November 1963 by his generals backed by Washington. A nationalist and patriot, he represented an ...

Diem had ruled South Vietnam for two years after winning a referendum with 98.2 per cent of the vote, including 605,000 votes in Saigon where the electoral roll had 450,000 names. He arrived in ...

Vietnam's last emperor ascended to the throne in 1932 and cooperated with the Japanese occupying Vietnam during World War II. After the war, he briefly joined ranks with Vietnamese communist leader Ho ...

Just before South Viet Nam’s doughty President Ngo Dinh Diem set off last week on a four-day state visit to neighboring Thailand, he was tactially informed that his favorite white sharkskin suit would ...

SAIGON, South Vietnam, Nov. 5 — Plot and counterplot in a complex pattern of intrigue culminated in the military coup d'etat in South Vietnam Friday. The vanity of an ambitious young general, Ton That ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1978, Time magazine donated ...