Someone just made that up recently, or few people knew about it; because it's the first time others have heard of it.
ngo ding diem
He was a Catholic
Ngo Dinh Diem
He had been captured and assassinated. :(
anti communist group leader
Yes, Ngo Dinh Diem was a Catholic.
No, people did not like Ngo Dinh Diem.
diem was captured and assassinated
The Buddhists accused Ngo Dinh Diem of religious discrimination.
-Diem was anti-communist
ngo ding diem
He was a Catholic
no they were socialist
The United States.
President Diem was strongly ANTI-COMMUNIST.
It was a military coup.
Diem was assassinated in 1963 (the same year that Kennedy was assassinated).