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Bystanders watch behind barbed wire barricade for developments in the coup
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Bystanders watch behind barbed wire barricade for developments in the coup

On 13 Sept 64, elements of the IV corps ARVN which included the rangers BNS of the 7th and 9th divisions supported by Saigon Garrison units took control of the city of Saigon in an attempted coup directed at the regime of self appointed Prime Minister Maj Gen Nguyen Khanh. The unsuccessful coup was led by IV Corps Commander Maj Gen Doung Van Duc. The photo depicts crowds of curious bystanders waiting and watching from outside the barbed wire barricade for further developments of the coup. NARA 111-CCV-138-CC27599

Date
1964-09-13
Photographer / author
SP5 Gilbert L. Meyers
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
1,338 × 1,361 pixels

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"Bystanders watch behind barbed wire barricade for developments in the coup" (1964-09-13). SP5 Gilbert L. Meyers, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bystanders_watch_behind_barbed_wire_barricade_for_developments_in_the_coup.jpg

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