Coup trophy, 1963

Coup trophy, 1963

Saigon, November, 1963

A South Vietnamese marine holds a trophy while celebrating on the streets of Saigon after the successful coup deposing President Ngo Dinh Diem. The South Vietnamese leader and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, fled the uprising through underground tunnels, but were captured and executed the next day.

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