A Vietnam Marine holds a coup trophy, Nov. 1, 1963. Vietnam Marine celebrates on the streets of Saigon after the successful coup deposing president Ngo Dinh Diem November 1, 1963. The South Vietnamese president and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu fled the capital through underground tunnels, but were captured and executed the next day.

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