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The president of South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
Ngo Dinh Diem was the leader of South Vietnam until he was assassinated in November of 1963
There's one titled "A Bright Shining Lie" about the battle of Ap Bac in January 1963. Starring Bill Paxton as USA officer John Paul Vann. True story; Vann was killed during the battle of Kontum in Vietnam in 1972 in a helicopter crash.
The Viet Cong (VC) were communists living in South Vietnam. Later, the regular army units of North Vietnam would enter the fight (NVA). Diem was the first president of South Vietnam in 1955. He was assassinated in 1963.
His government was seen as corrupt. Diệm was deposed in a military coup in 1963,