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The president of South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
The Roman Catholic who became the first President of South Vietnam after the French pulled out of Indochina was Ngo Dinh Diem. (1955-1963)
October 26, 1955.
President Eisenhower dispatched US military detachments there in 1954 and 1955.
In 1955 Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem became president of South Vietnam.
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Ngo Dihn Diem was the first President of the Republic of South Vietnam, he held office from 1955 to 1963. On November 2, 1963 he was assassinated in a military coup.
Officially, the US has supported all anti-communist leadership of the Republic of South Vietnam, commencing with the first president, Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem, in 1955.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
ARVN was the acronym for the army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) which existed from 1955 until the fall of Saigon in 1975.
President Eisenhower sent US troops to Vietnam in 1955, President Ford pulled out the last US troops in 1975.
President Eisenhower sent US advisers to Vietnam in 1955. President Kennedy sent US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam in 1961. President Johnson sent US regular forces to Vietnam in 1965.